FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979
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ESSAY CONTEST PROMOTING SWD'S SCHOOL
SOCIAL WORK ****
AN EXTENSIVE ESSAY COMPETITION TO PROMOTE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL END TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
THE COMPETITION, ORGANISED BY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FROM 35 SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HAS DRAWN HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES.
THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP WHO BEAT THE REST OF THE 184 FINALISTS IN THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR SECTIONS WILL RECEIVE THE IR PRIZES FROM MISS CHAN JOY-YIN, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION.
THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT THE TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE, TONG YAM STREET, KOWLOON.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THE THEME OF THE ESSAY COMPETITION WAS CENTRED AROUND THE LIFE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
+THE IDEA IS TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PROPER SECONDARY SCHOOL LIFE AND OF THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR THE STUDENTS, HE SAID.
HE SAID THE SCHOOL WORKERS OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE AS WELL AS ASSISTANCE IN SOLVING THEIR PERSONAL OR SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 10 A.M. AT THE TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE, TONG YAM STREET, KOWLOON.
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