TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1978
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TOPLEY TO ATTEND EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN CANADA
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, LEFT FOR CANADA THIS AFTERNOON TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION.
THE CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER IS PART OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL INTERVISITATION PROGRAMME IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WHICH TAKES PLACE EVERY FOUR YEARS IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. THE PROGRAMME WAS HELD IN BRITAIN IN 1974, IN AUSTRALIA IN 1970 AND IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1966.
TOP EDUCATORS FROM BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, TURKEY, AUSTRALIA, MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, INDIA, THAILAND, NIGERIA, FIJI AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A STUDY OF A NUMBER OF MAJOR SUBJECTS,
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT, ISSUES IN POST-SECONDARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND PROJECTED ISSUES IN THE PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
BUT FIRST ON MAY 5, MR. TOPLEY WILL ATTEND THE ORIENTATION SESSIONS IN MONTREAL WHERE MR. LUCIEN PERRAS, DIRECTOR GENERAL, COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATION, CANADA, WILL WELCOME PARTICIPANTS.
MR. TOPLEY AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL THEN VISIT A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL CENTRES IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE GOING TO VANCOUVER FOR THE MAIN CONFERENCE SESSIONS FROM MAY 20 TO 25.
MR. TOPLEY IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON MAY 27.
DURING HIS ABSENCE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, WILL ACT AS DIRECTOR.
AIRPORT MANAGER TO ATTEND REGIONAL CONFERENCE ******
MR. R.A. SIGEL, ASSISTANT AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WILL LEAVE FOR FIJI TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TO ATTEND THE EIGHTH PACIFIC REGION CONFERENCE OF AIRPORT OPERATORS' COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN SUVA FROM MAY 7 TO 11.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM ABOUT 20 MEMBER STATES IN THE PACIFIC REGION WILL ATTEND FOR DISCUSSIONS ON AIRPORT MANAGEMENT, CARGO OPERATIONS AND OTHER TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
MR. SIGEL, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE CONFERENCE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SESSION ON +HANDLING CONCEPTS+ WILL PRESENT A PAPER ON THE SUBJECT AT THE MEETING.