WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1979
LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD ELECTION
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THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD WILL TAKE PLACE BY SECRET BALLOT TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 10.30 A.M. AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICE IN NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY.
THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH ADVISES THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON MATTERS REFERRED TO IT BY HIM INCLUDING LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. IT COMPRISES SIX EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AND SIX EMPLOYEES REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER AS CHAIRMAN.
THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED BY REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' UNIONS AND THREE ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT 10 CANDIDATES HAD BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION AND THEIR NAMES HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL EMPLOYEES' UNIONS FOR INFORMATION,
+A REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNION WISHING TO VOTE SHOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ELECTION. THE REPRESENTATIVE MUST BRING WITH HIM A LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HIS UNION AND A COPY OF THE CIRCULAR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 8, 1979 FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON THE SUBJECT,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICE HELPS STUDENTS ****
LIBRARIES SHOULD BE USED AS A TOOL FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND A STEPPING STONE TO SELF-EDUCATION, THE LIBRARIAN OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MRS. BARBARA LUK, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A SHORT COURSE FOR OVER 80 RECENTLY APPOINTED HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON THE LIBRARY SERVICE, SHE SAID THROUGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES STUDENTS SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH THE BASIC SKILLS TO HELP THEM +LEARN HOW TO LEARN, SO THAT IN CASE THERE IS A NEED FOR STUDENTS TO STUDY ON THEIR OWN AFTER GRADUATION THEY CAN DO SO WITH CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS.+
MRS. LUK ALSO MENTIONED THE TEACHER LIBRARIAN SCHEME WHICH WAS STARTED IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH OVER 18 CLASSES.
SO FAR MORE THAN 80 SCHOOLS HAD APPOINTED TEACHER LIBRARIANS TO BE IN CHARGE FULL-TIME OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY, AND THIS NUMBER WOULD EVENTUALLY RISE TO OVER 200.
ON THE AIM OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES, MRS. LUK SAID THAT THE ULTIMATE TARGET SHOULD BE THE FORMATION OF LIFE-LONG READING HABITS AND THE ACQUISITION OF BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PRESENTATION.
THE SHORT COURSE FOR THE SCHOOL HEADS IS BEING HELD AT THE LECTURE THEATRE OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. BEGAN ON OCTOBER 13 AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NOVEMBER 3.
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