WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981
LOK SIN TONG'S EDUCATION EFFORTS PRAISED
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRAISED LOK SIN TONG AS BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF LOK SIN TONG SCHOOLS, MR HAYE SAID THAT WITHOUT THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ONE MIGHT GÓ SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THERE COULD NOT BE UNIVERSAL FREE AND COMPULSORY NINE YEARS SCHOOLING IN HONG KONG.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS FIRST SCHOOL IN 1929 WITH AN ENROLMENT OF UNDER 100, LOK SIN TONG NOW OPERATES 11 SCHOOLS OF VARIOUS TYPES WITH AN ENROLMENT OF AROUND 9 000.
APART FROM THE EXPANSION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, LOK SIN TONG WAS ALSO NOTED FOR ITS ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MORAL EDUCATION THROUGH ITS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES, HEADS OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS, RESULTING IN IMPLEMENTATION PLANS CARRIED OUT THROUGH CLASS TEACHING AND PARTICIPATION IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
+THE GENERAL GUIDELINES ON MORAL EDUCATION RECENTLY ISSUED BY MY DEPARTMENT GIVE AMPLE GUIDANCE FOR BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
HE SAID THAT PARENTS MUST ALSO LIAISE CLOSELY WITH TEACHERS TO MAKE MORAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS A SUCCESS.
+TOGETHER, PARENTS AND TEACHERS CAN MAKE MORAL EDUCATION WORK, HE SAID.
KAT O STUDENTS CLEAN-UP DRIVE
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A GROUP OF 150 ENTHUSIASTIC AND CIVIC-MINDED SCHOOL CHILDREN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) LAUNCHED AN EXTENSIVE CLEAN-UP AT KAT O AND GAVE A FACELIFT TO THE REMOTE ISLAND AND HOLIDAY RESORT.
THE EXERCISE WAS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WITH AN AIM TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
THE YOUTHS PICKED UP ABOUT 100 BASKETS OF REFUSE AND DISCARDED ITEMS ON THE BEACH AND IN THE VILLAGE PATHS DURING THE OPERATION.
THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU YAM-MAN, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF NORTH, MR HO WING-HIM, ALSO TOOK PART IN THE CLEAN-UP.
AS A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF NORTH, MR LAW WAI-MING, PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STUDENTS OF KAT O PRIMARY SCHOOL WHO RENDERED THEIR EFFORTS IN THE EXERCISE.