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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1978
TOPLEY STRESSES NEED TO DEVELOP BASIC SKILLS OF STUDENTS
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TODAY STRESSED THE NEED TO DEVELOP STUDENTS' BASIC SKILLS WHICH ACCOUNT FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND IN LATER LIFE.
+ THE ABILITY TO LISTEN WELL, TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SPOKEN WORD, AND TO READ AND WRITE ACCURATELY AND AT A REASONABLE PACE THESE ARE SKILLS FUNDAMENTAL TO PROGRESS AND SUCCESS IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, HE SAID.
MR. TOPLEY WAS ADDRESSING STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S SEAWARD WOO COLLEGE IN HO MAN TIN, KOWLOON.
+ IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUPILS TO FORM GOOD AND EFFECTIVE WORK HABITS SUCH AS EARLY RISING, FOLLOWING REASONABLY REGULAR HOURS OF STUDY, AND ADHERING TO ALTERNATE PERIODS OF REST AND ACTIVITY.
+NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE FORMATION OF SUCH HABITS SHOULD HAVE BEGUN AT THE PRIMARY STAGE,+ HE ADDED.
MR. TOPLEY ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUND HEALTH, AS ILL-HEALTH LED TO PROLONGED ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL. THE STUDENT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO GET ON HARMONIOUSLY WITH OTHERS, HE ADDED.
HE SAID NO EDUCATION WOULD BE COMPLETE IF THE SECONDARY PUPIL DID NOT LEARN THAT, BESIDES PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIND AND SPIRIT WAS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
NATURE, THE WORLD OF BOOKS, MUSIC, SCIENCE AND ART SHOULD BE OPENED EARLY TO THE STUDENTS AS SOURCES OF MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL REFRESHMENT, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
AFTER THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY, MRS. TOPLEY CUT THE RIBBON TO OPEN AN EXHIBITION OF THE STUDENTS' WORK.
THE SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD, HAS UNDER ITS CARE TWO AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND ONE PRIVATE NON-PROFIT-MAKING KINDERGARTEN. THE SEAWARD WOO COLLEGE, WITH AN ENROLMENT OF 960 STUDENTS, IS THE ASSOCIATION'S NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL RECEIVING FULL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
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