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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1979
STUDENTS TOLD TO KNOW THEMSELVES WELL
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THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER OF NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JAMES SWEETMAN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THEMSELVES WELL, PUT THEIR STRONG POINTS TO THE BEST USE AND GET RID OF THEIR WEAK POINTS.
ADDRESSING THE EIGHTH SPEECH DAY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR. SWEETMAN SAID: *WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO FURTHER YOUR STUDIES OR TO WORK FOR A LIVING, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW YOURSELVES WELL'.
+ IF YOU KNOW YOUR OWN ABILITIES WELL AND KNOW WHOM OR WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH, YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE AND SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS SUCCESSFULLY. EVERY PERSON HAS HIS OWN STRONG AND WEAK POINTS,
*WE ARE LIVING IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE COMMUNITY WHERE ONLY THE FITTEST CAN SURVIVE. A PERSON WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO STAND ON HIS OWN FEET IF HE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL SKILLS.+
MR. SWEETMAN SAID WE MUST NOT HOWEVER OVER-ESTIMATE OURSELVES AND SET OUR GOAL TOO HIGH, FOR TOO HIGH A GOAL WAS BOUND TO END UP IN FAILURE. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE MUST NOT UNDERESTIMATE CURSELVES. IF WE AIMED TOO LOW, WE WOULD HIT EVEN LOWER, THUS HINDERING US FROM PUTTING OUR POTENTIALS INTO FULL PLAY. THIS WAS NOT FAIR TO OURSELVES.
MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN HONG KONG, YEARNED FOR FAME AND RICHES. +THEY FORSAKE THEIR TALENT AND INTEREST AND SEEK POSTS WHICH WILL BRING THEM MONEY AND FAME. EXAMPLES OF SUCH CASES ARE STUDENTS CHOOSING TO STUDY SCIENCE WHEN THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN ARTS SUBJECTS, OR TO STUDY MEDICINE WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE STUDIED EDUCATION. AS A RESULT, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOT UP TO THE IR EXPECTATIONS AND THEY MIGHT EVEN FAIL TO COMPLETE THE IR STUDIES. THIS IS INDEED REGRETTABLE. THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THEIR VANITY.
+THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE YOU ALL THAT THE MOST RELIABLE WAY IN LIFE IS TO BE PRACTICAL IN EVERY RESPECT AND THIS WILL BRING YOU THE MOST REAL HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT, HE SAID.
MR. SWEETMAN SAID THE SCHOOL WAS A HIGH-STANDARD ACADEMIC INSTITUTE FOUNDED BY MR. TANG YEUK-FAN AND MR. HO CHUEN-IU. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, THERE HAD BEEN EIGHT YEARS OF GRADUATING STUDENTS.
+YOUR SCHOOL HAS SCORED BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR, WHICH INDICATES THAT YOUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE WORKED HARD NOT ONLY IN ACADEMIC FIELDS, BUT ALSO IN EXTRA-CURRICULA ACTIVITIES, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS, HE SAID.
MR. SWEETMAN PRESENTED CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES TO 120 GRADUATES AND STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL.