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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979
EMPLOYEES REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FOR LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD
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THREE TRADE UNION MEMBERS WERE ELECTED TODAY (THURSDAY) AS EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AS MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1980.
THEY ARE MR. CHAN YUN-CHE OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MOTOR CAR DRIVERS GENERAL UNION, MR. LEE SHING-CHU OF HONG KONG STEVEDORES UNION (CHAP YIN), AND MR. AU YEUNG MING OF AMALGAMATED UNION OF SEAFARERS, HONG KONG,
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THE ELECTION - HELD BY SECRET BALLOT AT THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY WAS SUPERVISED BY OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH ADVISES THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON MATTERS AFFECTING LABOUR, 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 SELECTED FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR.
IMPORTANCE OF MORAL EDUCATION STRESSED ******
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) MORAL EDUCATION IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPIL.
HE SAID THIS IN A SPEECH DELIVERED IN CANTONESE AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE HOT PING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN HO MAN TIN.
+UNDER THE CAREFUL GUIDANCE OF THE TEACHERS, STUDENTS CAN DISTINGUISH THE RIGHT FROM THE WRONG, THE GOOD FROM THE EVIL AND THE BEAUTIFUL FROM THE UGLY,
→IN THIS WAY, THEY CAN HAVE THE STRONG WILL TO RESIST TEMPTATION AND TO STAND ON THEIR OWN FEET, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
HE QUOTED AN OLD CHINESE SAYING ON EDUCATION THAT TO EDUCATE
A PERSON IS JUST LIKE THE CARING OF A TREE.+
TEACHERS AND PARENTS ALIKE HAVE TO THINK OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AFTER THE GROWTH OF A PUPIL AT DIFFERENT STAGES, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
/+THE DUTY
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