SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1979
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DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE AGED, MRS. SIU HON-SUM PRESENTED PRIZES AND TROPHIES TO WINNERS OF A PHOTO COMPETITION WHICH WAS RUN IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN.
ALL THE CASH PRIZES AND TROPHIES WERE DONATED BY MRS. SIU, WHO HAS MADE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
SCHOOLS SHOULD PREPARE STUDENTS TO BE GOOD CITIZENS
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROVIDE THE MOST BASIC EDUCATION AND TEACHERS SHOULD WORK TOWARDS FORMING PUPILS INTO GOOD CITIZENS, MR. Q.W. LEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE JOINT GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS EXHIBITION AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
+PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROVIDE THE BASIC EDUCATION IN LIFE. APART FROM TEACHING THE PUPILS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND BASIC SKILLS, TEACHERS SHOULD HELP THEM DEVELOP INTERESTS, IDEALS AND A CORRECT ATTITUDE IN DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
+ IN THIS WAY THE PUPILS WILL ACHIEVE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT IN BODY AND MIND, AND GROW UP TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS,+ MR. LEE SAID.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE POINTED OUT THAT CHILDREN ARE PLAYFUL BY NATURE, AND IT WAS UP TO THE SCHOOLS, PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS TO HELP THEM TO STUDY VOLUNTARILY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A SUITABLE AND HAPPY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
+THEREFORE IT IS HIGHLY MEANINGFUL THAT THE THEME OF THE EXHIBITION IS 'HAPPY CHILDHOOD".
+FURTHERMORE, IT IS EXTREMELY TIMELY THAT SUCH AN EXHIBITION STRESSING ON CARE FOR CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOL LIFE SHOULD BE HELD THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD,+ MR. LEE SAID.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY WAS MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WHO COMMENDED THE STAFF OF HIS DEPARTMENT, THE UNION OF GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS HEADMASTERS AND HEADMISTRESSES, AND THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS UNION FOR THEIR WORK IN ORGANISING THIS EXHIBITION.
+THE AIMS OF THE EXHIBITION ARE ON THE ONE HAND TO TELL THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT- AND ON THE OTHER TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AN INSIGHT INTO THE SPECIALITIES AND ACTUAL RUNNING OF GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM FORM A TRUE PICTURE OF THE SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD TODAY AND TOMORROW (SATURDAY) IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE, AND WILL BE MOVED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL IN KOWLOON NEXT WEEKEND (MARCH 3 AND 4). THE OPENING HOURS ARE FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.
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