SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1981
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VIEWS ON MORAL EDUCATION TO BE AIRED
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MORAL EDUCATION WILL BE THE FOCUS AT A SEMINAR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY (APRIL 14) AT NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,
MORE THAN 200 SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS WILL BE DISCUSSING AT THE SEMINAR THE DEFINITION OF MORAL EDUCATION+ AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS A SEPARATE SUBJECT AND INTEGRATED INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
THEY WILL ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER THE HOME, THE SCHOOL OR THE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDE THE MAJOR INFLUENCE ON PUPILS' MORAL CONDUCT, AND WILL BE INVITED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROMOTING MORAL EDUCATION.
APART FROM GROUP DISCUSSIONS, PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO HEAR SPEECHES BY EIGHT PANELISTS, AND TAKE PART IN A PANEL DISCUSSION.
THE EIGHT PANELISTS ARE MRS KWONG HA WAI-CHUNG, PRINCIPAL OF LAM WOO MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL FR A.J. DEIGNAN, PRINCIPAL OF WAH YAN COLLEGE, KOWLOON- MR AU-YEUNG YING-CHEUNG PRINCIPAL OF ISLAMIC COLLEGE MR TIMOTHY YUNG, PRINCIPAL OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE- AND FR JOSEPH FOLEY, REV PETER WONG, MR LAI SZE-NUEN AND
>R TUET WAI-SIN, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOINT SECRETARIAT FOR COLLOQUIUM OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS.
MR MICHAEL LEUNG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL DELIVER THE OPENING ADDRESS AND CHAIR THE PANEL DISCUSSION AND MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL DELIVER THE CLOSING REMARKS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR ON TUESDAY (APRIL 14) AT NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, SASSOON ROAD, HONG KONG.
MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY AT 4 PM.
WORKSHOPS ON SMOKING HAZARD *****
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO ORGANISE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE YOUTHS ON THE HAZARD OF SMOKING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE PROJECT IS PART OF AN ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN LAST YEAR.
→THE AIM IS TO EDUCATE YOUNGSTERS ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS AND DANGERS CAUSED BY SMOKING SO AS TO DISSUADE THEM FROM PICKING UP THE HABIT. HE SAID.
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