TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1982
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TRUE LIGHT CELEBRATES 110 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE TODAY (TUESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO DR HÓ CHUNG-CHUNG AND DR MA YEE-YING, PIONEERS OF THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRUE LIGHT SCHOOLS.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF TRUE LIGHT.
+SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN 1953 | HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE OF MEETING THESE SPLENDID INDIVIDUALS WHO SO TYPIFIED THE SPIRIT OF TRUE LIGHT, MR HAYE SAID, AND THROUGH THEM I CAME TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS IN WHICH PERSONAL EXCELLENCE WAS AS MUCH THE IDEAL AS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, HE ADDED.
THE DISTINCTIVE BLUE SCHOOL UNIFORM, MR HAYE SAID, WAS INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE IN HONG KONG AS AN OUTWARD AND VISIBLE SIGN OF PERMANENT VALUES WHICH HAD ROOTS IN THE PAST.
+TRUE LIGHT SCHOOLS CAME TO THE FAR EAST 110 YEARS AGO IN CANTON, MR HAYE SAID, AND THEY CAME TO HONG KONG IN THE MID-30S, SINCE WHEN THEY HAVE GROWN TO FOUR VALUABLE INSTITUTIONS WHICH CATER TO OVER 6 000 STUDENTS,+ HE ADDED.
THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL SHOWS THAT THE INSPIRATION OF CHRISTIANITY HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROVIDED, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE IDEAL OF LOVE AND SELF-SACRIFICE IN SERVING SOCIETY.
PRIMARY PUPILS CAN ENTER INTERNATIONAL ART SHOW
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SCHOOL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND 12 CAN TAKE PART IN THE 24TH WORLD SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ART EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE KOREAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN SEOUL IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
ORGANISED BY THE YOOK YOUNG FOUNDATION, KOREA, THE EXHIBITION AIMS TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, TO STRENGTHEN FRIENDSHIP AND TO ENCOURAGE ART EDUCATION THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF CHILDREN'S ART.
DRAWING, PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, COLLEGE OR ANY OTHER FORMS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL WORK CAN BE SUBMITTED.
OF THE WORK IS LIMITED TO 59 CM BY 42 CM.
THE MAXIMUM SIZE
MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT WILL BE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING
ENTRIES.
ENTRIES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS ON OR BEFORE JUNE 5 TO THE INSPECTOR (ART), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE, 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG.
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