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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1977
DIRECTOR PRAISES SCHOOL
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MR. COLVYN HAYE, ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL WHEN HE ADDRESSED PUPILS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL'S SPEECH DAY.
HE TOLD THE PUPILS THAT THEY WERE VERY LUCKY TO BE IN SUCH A GOOD SCHOOL AND HE CONGRATULATED THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF ON THE REPUTATION THE SCHOOL HAD ACQUIRED AS A PACE-MAKER IN ACADEMIC AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
THE DIRECTOR DREW PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE POPULARITY OF THE SCHOOL WITH PARENTS SEEKING ENTRY FOR THEIR CHILDREN, ITS EXCELLENT ACADEMIC RECORD AND THE GREAT VARIETY OF EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH WHICH THE SCHOOL WAS ASSOCIATED.
THE PLACE OF THE SCHOOL IN SOCIETY WAS ASSURED BY ITS GREAT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ITS EXTRAORDINARILY ACTIVE PARENT/TEACHER ASSOCIATION.
IN GENERAL, MR. HAYE ADDED, GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OF WHICH QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL WAS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO PIONEER WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW METHODS, ATTITUDES AND DIRECTIONS COVERING THE WHOLE FIELD OF EDUCATION.
+IN A VERY REAL SENSE, OUR SCHOOLS PROVIDE THE FUTURE LEADERS FOR EDUCATION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG,+ MR. HAYE SAID.
DURING THE CEREMONY MRS. HAYE PRESENTED PRIZES.
EAR ILER IN THE DAY THE DIRECTOR WENT TO THE HONG KONG STADIUM WHERE HE DISTRIBUTED TROPHIES TO WINNERS IN DIVISION I OF THE ANNUAL INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCATION.
IN HIS SPEECH, MR. HAYE THANKED THE ORGANISERS AND CONGRATULATED THE WINNERS.