TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1982
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FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN PRAISED
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CHILDREN IN FISHERMEN'S SCHOOLS COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS BY DOUBLING THEIR EFFORTS TO OVERCOME THEIR DIFFICULTIES, MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION'S SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAVE TO ASSIST THEIR PARENTS WITH THEIR FISHING OPERATIONS, THUS REDUCING THE TIME SPENT ON SCHOOLWORK. AND MANY LIVE IN A SUB-STANDARD ENVIRONMENT, STUDYING ON REMOTE OFF-SHORE ISLANDS WHERE ELECTRICITY IS VERY PRECIOUS, HE SAID.
DESPITE THE UNFAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS+, THE CHILDREN DID NOT +SLACKEN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN, + MR CHAN SAID.
HE ALSO COMMENDED THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION FOR THEIR FORESIGHT AND DETERMINATION TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION STANDARD OF FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN.
SINCE THE FIRST EIGHT FISHERMEN'S SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1947 AND 1948 THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INCREASED FROM 770 TO ALMOST 4 000. AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION IS NOW OPERATING 13 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN VARIOUS FISHING AREAS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+ON TOP OF THEIR PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS, THE STUDENTS AND OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF FISHERMEN'S SCHOOLS ARE CONTINUOUSLY STRIVING FOR THE FURTHER EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
+PROGRAMMES ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CLASSES ARE WELL
UNDERWAY IN SAI KUNG, AP LEI CHAU AND SHA TAU KOK.
+ELECTRICITY WILL SOON BE SUPPLIED TO SCHOOLS ON REMOTE OFF-SHORE ISLANDS LIKE KAU SAI AND SAI LAU KONG,+ MR CHAN SAID.
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