SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1977
THE INITIATIVE AND ENERGY OF SCHOOL HEADS AND THEIR STAFF WERE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS.
+A IMS, METHODS AND ATTITUDES TO EDUCATION TO BE OF REAL WORTH, ARE ALWAYS IN COURSE OF EVOLUTION AND COMPARATIVE VALUES ARE CONTINUALLY CHANGING,+ MR. HO SAID.
THE AIM OF EDUCATION SHOULD BE TO DEVELOP TO THE FULL THE POTENTIAL ITIES OF EVERY CHILD, IN ACCORD ALWAYS WITH THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.
+TO MY MIND, + MR. HO SAID, THE WIDER ENDS BEFORE US CANNOT BE REACHED WITHOUT DEVELOPING IN THE CHILDREN CERTAIN GENERAL ATTRIBUTES - BASIC SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES AND HABITS.+
WITHOUT BASIC SKILLS CHILDREN WOULD LACK THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR FURTHER EDUCATION AND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN LIFE.
WITH AND THROUGH KNOWLEDGE CHILDREN WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH DECISIONS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS.
MR. HO SAID THAT AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF OTHERS- AND THE ABILITY TO APPRAISE OLD AND NEW IDEAS WERE AMONG THE ATTRIBUTES WHICH WERE ESSENTIAL TO A PREPARATION FOR LIVING A FULL AND USEFUL LIFE.
COMPANIES REGISTRY REVISES OUTDATED FEES
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED A REVISION OF VARIOUS OUTDATED FEES LEVIED BY THE COMPANIES REGISTRY.
THE NEW FEES UNDER THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON APRIL 1, WHEREAS THE INCREASED FEES UNDER THE MONEY LENDERS ORDINANCE AND THE LIMITED PARTNER- SHIP AMENDMENT ORDINANCE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM MAY 1.
ANNOUNCING THE PROPOSED INCREASES A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID SOME OF THESE FEES HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED FOR MANY YEARS AND THE EXERCISE WAS AIMED AT BRINGING THEM MORE IN LINE WITH PRESENT DAY VALUES.
HE SAID THAT IN THE CASE OF THE MONEY LENDERS ORDINANCE THERE HAD BEEN NO REVISION OF FEES SINCE 1955.
FULL DETAILS OF THE NEW FEES AND CHARGES WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE SHORTLY.