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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1979
THE FORTNIGHT ENDED TODAY (SATURDAY) WITH A CLOSING CEREMONY AT BOUNDARY STREET SPORTS GROUND PERFORMED BY UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, MR. WONG LAM AND MR. ALLEN LEE- THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF KOWLOON WEST, MRS. MABEL HAYES AND MANY LOCAL DIGNITARIES.
A SEREIS OF 26 PROGRAMMES WAS ORGANISED DURING THE TWO WEEKS TO AROUSE THE INTEREST OF RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. FOR CHILDREN, THERE WAS A PAINTING COMPETITION AND CALLIGRAPHY CONTEST- FOR THE ELDERLY, A RESPECT THE ELDERLY VARIETY SHOW FOR THE FAMILY, A FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FILM SHOW- FOR STUDENTS, AN INTER-SCHOOL SPEECH CONTEST- FOR WORKERS, A CAMP FOR INDUSTRIAL YOUTH FOR THE ABLE BODIED, A LONG-DISTANCE RACE AND FOR THE DISABLED, A PHAB CAMP DAY.
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A TOTAL OF 60 000 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FORTNIGHT AND PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE VARIOUS COMPETITIONS WERE PRESENTED TODAY.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY, OVER 5 000 CHILDREN AND A GOOD NUMBER OF ADULTS WERE TREATED TO 27 GAMES STALLS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A MARCH DISPLAY BY THE GURKHA PIPES AND DRUMS, HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES AND MINI TRAIN RIDES.
MRS. HAYES, SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, POINTED OUT THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE FORTNIGHT WAS FOSTERED BY THE GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE KAI FONG ASSOCIATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND AREA COMMITTEES IN ORGANISING THE ACTIVITIES. SHE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THANKED SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
VIEWS ON DRAFT REVISED CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS SOUGHT
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SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WISHING TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE DRAFT REVISED CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS FOR FORMS IV AND V CAN DO SO AT A SEMINAR TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 5, 1980.
THE SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE ILLUSTRATED TALKS, DISCUSSIONS AND
AN EXHIBITION OF PRACTICAL WORK AND RESOURCE MATERIALS.
A DISPLAY OF CHEMISTRY BOOKS WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED.
→THE AIM OF THIS SEMINAR IS TO INTRODUCE THE DRAFT SYLLABUS COMPILED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO THE TEACHERS AND TO INVITE GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THEM,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE DRAFT SYLLABUS HAD BEEN REVISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHEMISTRY EXAMINATION SYLLABUSES OF THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY.
+AFTER COLLATING COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOLS AND TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES. THE DRAFT SYLLABUS WILL BE FINALISED IN THE SUMMER OF 1980, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/THE SEVINAR