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+THESE PLANS WILL BE CONSTANTLY REVIEWED SO AS TO MAKE PRACTICAL ADJUSTMENTS AS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ITSELF CHANGE,+ HE ADDED.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WITH SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPING SO RAPIDLY, SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES MUST KEEP PACE.
AT THE CEREMONY, MR ALLEYNE UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL, THE ELEVENTH TO BE RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID GROUP AND COMMUNITY SERVICES WERE MAINLY PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY CENTRES, ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES AND COMMUNITY HALLS.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SPIRIT, TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH, AND TO DEVELOP LOCAL LEADERSHIP, HE SAID.
+WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING AND TO IDENTIFY LOCAL NEEDS MORE ACCURATELY, AND WE LOOK TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES FOR CENTRES AND HALLS TO HELP US
IN THIS AIM, HE SAID.
MORE TECHNICAL EDUCATION MAY CUT JUVENILE CRIME
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THERE IS PRESSING NEED FOR A BETTER BALANCE BETWEEN TECHNICAL/ VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, SAID TODAY AT THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY AND SPEECH DAY OF KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
+ IN EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL TERMS THIS BALANCE BETWEEN THE PRACTICAL AND THE THEORETICAL MAKES VERY GOOD SENSE, HE SAID.
UNDERLINING THE IMPORTANCE OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MR HAYE SAID THAT SINCE THE MID-70'S, HIS DEPARTMENT HAD DONE A GREAT DEAL TO MEET THE OBVIOUS DEMAND FROM PARENTS AND PUPILS FOR USEFUL AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION GEARED MORE CLOSELY TO PUPILS' APTITUDE AND ASPIRATIONS, AND THIS WILL CONTINUE, + MR HAYE SAID.
RETURNING TO THE THEME OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WHICH HE HAD ADDRESSED AT TWO SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS IN THE LAST FORTNIGHT, MR HAYE REMARKED THAT MORE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MIGHT VERY WELL ENGAGE THE WANDERING ATTENTION OF THE LESS ACADEMICALLY ABLE TO THE POINT WHERE THE IR ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL WOULD BECOME AN EXCITING ADVENTURE, AND DROPPING OUT TO FIND UNDESIRABLE COMPANY AND CONSEQUENT TROUBLE LESS ATTRACTIVE.
GREAT STRIDES HAD BEEN MADE IN THIS DIRECTION BY PRE- VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, BUT THERE APPEARED TO BE BOTH A SOCIAL AND AN EDUCATIONAL NEED FOR MORE.
+PLANNERS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ARE DEVELOPING THIS THEME AND I MAY WELL HAVE FRESH AND EXCITING PROPOSALS TO MAKE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, MR HAYE SAID.
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