TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1981
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MR HAMMOND SAID THE PROGRAMMES FOR THE CONVENTIONS HAVE BEEN MORE MEANINGFUL AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF CAREERS. TEACHERS WHO KNOW THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS BEST.
HE NOTED THAT CAREERS EDUCATION, AS A SUBJECT, CANNOT BE TAUGHT IN A CLASSROOM OR TESTED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AN EXAMINATION. CAREERS EDUCATION IS NEVERTHELESS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION.
+THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO CAREERS EDUCATION BY HEAD TEACHERS LIKE MRS LAM (PRINCIPAL OF BUDDHIST SIN TAK COLLEGE) IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW, HE SAID.
SWD DIRECTOR SERVED LUNCH BY VOCATIONAL TRAINEES
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY VISITED THE KWUN TONG VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE WHERE HE WAS SERVED LUNCH PREPARED BY THE CENTRE'S OWN STUDENTS.
CONTINUING HIS VISITS TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, MR ALLEYNE ALSO CALLED ON THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE IN TSIM SHA TSUI WHICH RUNS THE TRAINING CENTRE.
WITH HIM ON THE VISIT WAS THE EAST KOWLOON REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR ALEXANDER FUNG. HE INSPECTED THE FACILITIES AT THE CENTRE WHICH PROVIDES A VARIETY OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR OVER 2 400 STUDENTS IN DAY AND EVENING CLASSES.
THE OPENING OF CLASSES IS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE THE SOCIAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE STUDENTS ARE LOOKED AFTER BY AN ACTIVE SOCIAL WORK SECTION.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE, REV KWOK NAI-WANG, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR NG SHUI-LAI, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DIRECTOR SAW STUDENTS IN CLASSES WHICH RANGE FROM HOTEL SERVICE, TAILORING, COMMERCE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY TO TECHNICAL TRADES.
HE LATER HAD LUNCH PREPARED BY STUDENTS OF THE HOTEL AND CATERING SERVICE CLASSES.
AT THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE HEADQUARTERS, HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE WIDE-RANGING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ORGANISATION, WHICH INCLUDE FAMILY SERVICES, HOME HELP, SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, THE DISABLED, AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE CAME INTO OPERATION AS A RESULT OF THE MERGER IN 1975 OF THE FORMER LUTHERAN WORLD SERVICE, HONG KONG, WITH THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN COUNCIL'S UNIT FOR CHRISTIAN SERVICE.
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