TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1981
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GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WILL CELEBRATE ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR WITH A SERIES OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES DURING THE CENSUS AND EASTER HOLIDAYS AND AT THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
FOUNDED IN 1951 THE COLLEGE NOW HAS AN ACCUMULATED ENROLMENT APPROACHING 10 000.
A HONG KONG GEOGRAPHY DAY WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY (MARCH 5) AND WILL COMPRISE A BOOK EXHIBITION, A PUBLIC LECTURE AND A SEMINAR ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF GEOGRAPHY IN HONG KONG.
IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COLLEGE AND THE HONG KONG GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.
A LARGE SCALE FIVE-DAY FUNCTION ENTITLED EDUCATION INTERFLOW WEEK WILL BE HELD BETWEEN APRIL 18 AND 22, THIS WILL INCLUDE LECTURES, SEMINARS, DEMONSTRATION LESSONS, EXHIBITIONS, FILM AND SLIDE SHOWS, AND WORKSHOPS.
AN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARY RESOURCES EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COLLEGE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION WILL BE HELD FROM APRIL 24 TO 26.
ON DISPLAY WILL BE THE LATEST MODELS OF AUDIO-VISUAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, LANGUAGE TAPES, LEARNING PACKAGES AND REFERENCE BOOKS.
WORK BY STUDENTS IN COLLEGE STUDIES AND ON TEACHING PRACTICE WILL BE EXHIBITED FROM JULY 3 TO 5.
PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE COLLEGE AT 42 GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.
DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON CHOI CHI-KEUNG AND CHUNG CHIU-MAN ON NOVEMBER 12, 1979 SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
CHOI AND CHUNG WERE FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF CHAN HING AT PAT HEUNG, KAM TIN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON FEBRUARY 5, 1979.
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