THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1080
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+OF COURSE WE ALL LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND WANT TO GIVE THEM THE THINGS WE NEVER HAD+, MR HAYE SAID. +BUT IN SHOWERING GIFTS ON OUR CHILDREN MUST WE NOT THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNSTINTED LOVE?+
IT IS TOO EASY FOR CHILDREN USED TO GETTING RATHER THAN GIVING TO BECOME SPOILED AND SELFISH, AND THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST SEEDS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE SOWN.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, MR HAYE SAID, AND WITH THE FIRST LESSONS OF FILIAL PIETY AND OBEDIENCE THE FOUNDATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP ARE LAID.
IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS SHOULD TAKE UP FROM WHERE PARENTS HAVE LEFT OFF BY EXPLAINING THE ORIGINS OF SOCIAL ORDER. ALL BUT THE MOST PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES HAVE A FRAMEWORK OF RULES GOVERNING SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THESE HAVE BEEN CODIFIED IN MORE CIVILIZED STATES AS LAWS.
THE TEACHER HAS A DUTY TO MAKE PUPILS AWARE OF THE BASES OF CIVILISATION. LAW, ORDER, ETHICS AND RULES OF CONDUCT REFLECT THE RATIONALITY OF MANKIND.
+PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST REALISE THAT THEY ARE PARTNERS IN THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF RAISING YOUNG PEOPLE,+ MR HAYE DECLARED. THEY SHOULD NOT COMPETE, NOR SHOULD THEY BLAME EACH OTHER, HE SAID.
+THERE ARE NO BAD CHILDREN, ONLY BAD PARENTS!+ IS SOMETIMES SAID BY THE DEFENSIVE TEACHERS. +AND THERE ARE NO BAD PUPILS, ONLY BAD TEACHERS:+ IS THE RETORT OF IRATE PARENTS. +GOOD PARENTS AND GOOD TEACHERS MAKE GOOD CITIZENS!+ SHOULD BE THE COMPACT.
+AND REMEMBER,+ MR HAYE WARNED, +EXAMPLE IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PRECEPT. 'DO AS I DO, NOT AS SAY' OUGHT TO BE THE SLOGAN.+
KWAN YICK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED
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THE KWAN YICK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 126-140 TEXACO ROAD, TSUEN WAN, WHICH WAS DECLARED LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS EARLIER THIS YEAR, IS TO BE DEMOLISHED, THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED TODAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID DEMOLITION INSTRUCTIONS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ITS CONTRACTORS.
THE MOVE CAME ABOUT AFTER THE OWNERS WERE UNABLE TO EITHER IMPLEMENT AN APPROVED SCHEME OF REPAIRS TO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BUILDING OR TO UNDERTAKE ITS DEMOLITION AS DEMANDED BY THE STATUTORY ORDER ISSUED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT THE BUILDING AUTHORITY DECLARED THE BUILDING LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS ON MARCH 18, 1980 AND ACCORDINGLY A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER
IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT ON JUNE 18, 1980 WAS POSTED ON THE SAME DAY.
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