WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1979
SCHOOLS URGED TO JOIN HEALTH EDUCATION CONTEST
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO NOMINATE REPRESENTATIVES TO COMPETE IN THE 1979 SCHOOLS' HEALTH EDUCATION SPEECH AND SONG CONTEST.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE CONTEST IS AN ANNUAL FUNCTION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH A VIEW TO RAISE THE HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
THE THEME OF THE CONTEST IS +RECREATION AND GOOD HEALTH.+
+ENTRIES TO THE SONG CONTEST MUST BE ORIGINAL SONGS IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE FOR GROUP PERFORMANCE WITH OR WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT, AND SHOULD BE OF NOT MORE THAN TWO MINUTES' DURATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THERE WILL BE A PRIMARY SECTION AND A SECONDARY SECTION, AND SCHOOLS MAY ENTER ONE TEAM OF 30 TO 60 PUPILS FOR EACH SECTION, HE ADDED.
THE SPEECH CONTEST WILL BE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR SECTIONS AN ENGLISH SECTION AND A CHINESE SECTION FOR BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
+HEADS OF SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTED TO HOLD PRELIMINARY ELIMINATION CONTESTS AMONG THEIR PUPILS IN ORDER TO SELECT THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE BEST QUALIFIED TO COMPETE IN THE SPEECH CONTEST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SPEECHES WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CONTESTANTS AND THREE MINUTES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CONTESTANTS.
ELIMINATION CONTESTS WILL BE HELD AT DIFFERENT CENTRES IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON ON OCTOBER 27.
THE FINALS OF THE SPEECH AND SONG CONTESTS WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 10 AND NOVEMBER 17 RESPECTIVELY AT THE CITY HALL.
WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED TROPHIES AND BOOK COUPONS RANGING FROM $100 TO $600, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ENTRIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR (HEALTH EDUCATION), URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BLAKE BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, 101 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRY TO THE SONG CONTEST IS OCTOBER 31, AND THAT FOR THE SPEECH CONTEST IS SEPTEMBER 27.
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