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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1978
STRESS MUST BE ON HUMAN VALUES, SAYS CHIEF SECRETARY
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR. JACK CATER, TODAY EMPHASISED THE NEED TO STRESS HUMAN VALUES IN THE LIFE OF HONG KONG.
ADDRESSING STUDENTS OF ST. CATHARINE'S SCHOOL AT THE IR SPEECH DAY, HE SAID, WE SHOULD PLACE AT THE VERY CENTRE OF OUR THINKING, THE MAKING AND MOULDING OF HUMAN BEINGS.+
MR. CATER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL'S COUNCIL, REMINDED THE STUDENTS OF THEIR MORAL OBLIGATIONS TO THEMSELVES AND TO OTHERS.
+WE SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OURSELVES IN ORDER TO SEE THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES BY SOUND AND TESTED MORAL PRECEPTS, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT OURSELVES AND SHOW THE PROPER CONCERN AND CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER PEOPLE+,
THAT, HE SAID, MEANT TAKING A FIRM GRASP OF OUR ROLE AS HUMAN BEINGS, OUR DUTIES TO OURSELVES AND TO OTHERS.
+THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY STRESSING HUMAN VALUES,+ HE SAID. +WE CAN AND WE ALL MUST FIND TIME FOR THIS IF WE ARE TO HAVE THE SORT OF SOCIETY WHICH YOU AND I WANT, AND HONG KONG DESERVES.+
MR. CATER TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT THEY HAD A FIRST CLASS CHANCE AT ST. CATHARINE'S TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES.
+ I KNOW THAT A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE SCHOOL AND TO ALL THOSE IN IT IS ENCOURAGED AT EVERY LEVEL, HE SAID. +YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO WIDEN YOUR HORIZON EVEN FURTHER FROM THE WORLD OF YOUR OWN FAMILY AND YOUR SCHOOL FAMILY TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG AND, INDEED, THE WORLD BEYOND.+
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