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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1979
SEMINAR ON ECONOMICS AND ECONOMICS-PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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REACHERS OF ECONOMICS AND ECONOMICS-PUBLIC AFFAIRS (EPA) WERE TOLD TODAY (SATURDAY) NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTION THESE SCHOOL SUBJECTS MADE IN PREPARING PUPILS FOR LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. R.M. CAMERON, WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON ECONOMICS AND EPA SYLABUSES AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, ARGYLE STREET, KOWLOON,
HE SAID EVERY SUBJECT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO PUPILS' ABILITY TO COPE WITH LIFE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY BUT ECONOMICS AND EPI - WERE TWO WHICH MOST DIRECTLY DEALT WITH CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY LIFE AND CURRENT ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
+THEY ARE THE SUBJECTS MOST LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN PUPILS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY - THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS,+ MR. CAMERON SAID.
HE ADDED, IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THE OPTIMUM TEACHING OF THE SUBJECT - THROUGH SOUND TEACHING SYLLABUSES, EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS AND THOROUGH TEACHER PREPARATION AND TRAINING.+
MR: CAMERON, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, SAID HE SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO THE SEMINAR'S REPORT WITH INTEREST AS +1 AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TOTAL CURRICULUM AND THE PLACE AND INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF THE SUBJECT INCLUDED IN IT.
THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 200 PARTICIPANTS, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR ECONOMICS EDUCATION, THE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES ASSOCIATION (HONG KONG) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EPR SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
MERCHANT NAVY COMPETENCY EXAMINATIONS
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY IN THE MERCHANT NAVY TO BE HELD IN 1980.
EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AS MASTERS AND FIRST MATES WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 7, FEBRUARY 11, JUNE 23, AUGUST 11 AND SEPTEMBER 29- WHILE THOSE FOR SECOND MATES AND OTHER CLASSES OF DECK OFFICERS WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 21, APRIL 14, MAY 12, JULY 14, SEPTEMBER 8, OCTOBER 13 AND DECEMBER 8.
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