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+ ADULT EDUCATION "AVE ME A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO REALISE MY DREAM OF SOME DAY ENTERING UNIVERSITY TO OBTAIN A DEGREE,+ HE SAID THE OTHER DAY.
MR WONG HAD TO LEAVE FORM THREE, AS HE SAYS, +OWING TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES+ TO TAKE UP WORK IN A TEXTILE FACTORY SO THAT HE COULD HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY,
UNLIKE THE OTHER WORKERS, HOWEVER, MR WONG DECIDED TO SPEND HIS SPARE HOURS IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY+.
HE ENROLLED IN AN EVENING INSTITUTE, AND THROUGH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, PROGRESSED THROUGH THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, TO A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN LANGUAGES FROM THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
WHILE MR WONG, WHO IS NOW A TEACHER, MAY BE SAID TO HAVE HAD A SOMEWHAT HIGHER SENSE OF PURPOSE THAN MOST OTHERS IN AIMING FOR A UNIVERSITY DEGREE, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO NEVERTHELESS ASPIRE AT LEAST TO COMPLETE THE IR SECONDARY SCHOOLING AND ACQUIRE A SCHOOL CERTIFICATE.
MORE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THE EVENING SCHOOL CURRICUL A FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ADULT STUDENTS, AND WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF BOTH PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY IN 1980, THE ONLY SUBJECTS NOT TAUGHT NOW ARE ENGLISH AND CHINESE LITERATURE.
A HAPPY MR WONG, GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HE HAS HAD IN PURSUING HIS EDUCATION, ENCOURAGES OTHERS LIKE HIM TO CONTINUE THE IR EDUCATION IF THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO.
*THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE, AND THEY SHOULD MAKE THE BEST OF IT, HE EXHORTS.
HE ALSO HAD SOME NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE TEACHERS, +WHO WORK SO DILIGENTLY AT THEIR JOBS, AND EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING THE COURSES.
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MR WONG, HOWEVER, HAD A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT - TO MAKE ABOUT THE EVENING CLASSES. ONE WAS THAT +SMALL LIBRARIES+ BE SET UP IN THE ADULT EDUCATION CENTRES.
THE OTHER WAS A PLEA ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS NOW TAKING THE
COURSES, WHICH ARE HELD MOSTLY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THE DESKS AND CHAIRS ARE TOO SMALL, HE SAYS.
+IF POSSIBLE, THE CLASSES SHOULD BE HELD IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PREMISES, SO THAT THE GROWN-UP STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO USE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DESKS AND CHAIRS, HE EXCLAIMED.
PEOPLE WISHING TO ENROL IN THE EVENING COURSES MAY OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION IN MA TAU KOK ROAD, TO KWA WAN OR FROM HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY.
محمد