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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1978
+CENTRAL WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND SUPPORTED. BUT THEY, TOO, RAISE PROBLEMS BOTH OF INTERNAL MANAGEMENT AND PROBLEMS ALSO FOR THE SCHOOLS THEY SERVE. TIME-TABLING BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED, MORE DIFFICULT. WE SHALL NEED TO INTRODUCE OUR CENTRAL WORKSHOPS GRADUALLY AND CAREFULLY.
+! APOLOGISE TO MR. ALEX WU IF THE GREEN PAPER GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE AUTHORS', AND THEREFORE THE GOVERNMENT'S, INTERESTS WERE TOO UTILITARIAN - MORE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAINING A WORK-FORCE THAN GIVING OUR CHILDREN AN ALL-ROUND EDUCATION
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+ IT IS TRUE THAT WE WERE CONCERNED THAT WE SHOULD NOT CREATE A SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WHICH WOULD IN TIME, AS HAS HAPPENED ELSEWHERE, DAMAGE THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY,
+AND AS I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED, SOME MEMBERS STILL HAVE WORRIES ON THIS. PERHAPS THIS CONCERN DID LEAD TO TOO STRONG AN EMPHASIS ON OUR ECONOMIC NEEDS. I AM SURE THAT THE WHITE PAPER WILL REDRESS THE BALANCE.+
MR. TOPLEY SAID MR. ALEX WU AND MISS BENNETT HAD BOTH MADE STRONG PLEAS FOR MORE EMPHASIS ON THE CULTURAL SUBJECTS IN SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY FOR MUSIC.
+1 CAN ASSURE THEM THAT SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT TO GIVE THE CULTURAL SUBJECTS THE IR DUE PLACES, HE SAID, +MUSIC IS ALREADY ENCOURAGED AS A GENERAL SUBJECT AND IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED FORM 4 TO 5 CURRICULUM FOR ALL STUDENTS. ART AND DESIGN WILL ALSO BE MORE WIDELY OFFERED. THE NEW INSTRUMENTAL YUSIC SCHEME IS CERTAIN TO CREATE WIDER INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC.
+ON THIS QUESTION OF THE CULTURAL SUBJECTS, HOWEVER | THINK WE SHOULD REMEMBER JUST HOW MUCH THEY HAVE BURGEONÉD OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS.
+ I KNOW THAT SOME WILL CHARGE THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED MAINLY THROUGH OUR EXTRA-CURRICULAR PROGRAMMES. THE FACT IS, THE BURGEONING HAS HAPPENED. AND LET'S NOT OVER-STRESS THE 'EXTRA' PART. THEY ARE STILL SCHOOL-BASED ACTIVITIES, THE SUCCESS OF WHICH HAS COME FROM DEDICATION AND TIME FREELY GIVEN BY OUR TEACHERS. PERHAPS MORE DEFINITE INCLUSION IN THE SCHOOL'S TIME-TABLES A LITTLE MORE COMPULSION' ILL BE BENEFICIAL, BUT WE MUST NOT OVERDO IT.+
COMMENTING ON MR. ALEX WU'S SUGGESTION THAT CHINESE TRADITION MADE IT POSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE MORAL TRAINING AS A SPECIFIC SUBJECT INTO SCHOOL TIME-TABLE, MR. TOPLEY SAID, +THIS VIEW IS RESPECTED AND PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE INCLUSION OF RELIGIOUS/ETHICAL TEACHING IN THE NEW FORM 4 TO 5 CURRICULUM. MORAL ISSUES ARE ALSO INTRODUCED INTO GENERAL SUBJECTS.
/+HOWEVER, THE