SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1981
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COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS IN MUI WO AND SAI KUNG
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING STARTED THE ISLANDS DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHEST WALK WHICH TOOK PLACE AT MUI WO, LANTAU.
THE WALK WAS THE THIRD OF EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES CHEST WALKS FOR 1980/81.
IT WAS OVER A 12 KILOMETRE COURSE FROM MUI WO FERRY PIER TO WANG TONG, SHAP LONG KAU TSUEN, AND BACK TO THE STARTING POINT.
TAKING PART IN THE WALK WERE ABOUT 1 000 PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM WERE ISLANDS DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
THE WALK WAS EXPECTED TO RAISE $120 000 FOR THE CHEST, BUT THE EXACT AMOUNT WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
JOINING MR AKERS-JONES AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO, AND RURAL LEADERS.
MEANWHILE, ANOTHER NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY CHEST WALK WAS HELD IN SAI KUNG,
THE STARTING CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM,
MORE THAN 1 000 PEOPLE ALSO TOOK PART IN THIS WALK, WHICH WAS OVER AN EIGHT KILOMETRE COURSE FROM PAK TAM CHUNG TO WONG SHEK PIER. THE WALK RAISED MORE THAN $100 000.
THE OTHER FOUR NEW TERRITORIES WALKS WILL BE HELD AT TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN (JANUARY 11) AND SHA TIN AND NORTH DISTRICT (JANUARY 18).
ENGLISH TEACHING WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS
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FOUR WORKSHOPS ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION WILL BE HELD FROM NEXT MONTH FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
EACH WORKSHOP CONSISTING OF THREE MEETINGS WILL INCLUDE SHORT TALKS AND DEMONSTRATION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES.
PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO DESIGN A LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE SUITABLE FOR USE IN THEIR OWN CLASSES.
THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH WORKSHOP WILL BE LIMITED TO 20, AND A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THE COURSE.
THE FIRST TWO WORKSHOPS WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 17 AND 28, WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE KOWLOON UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT THE MA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2/F, 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD.
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