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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1982
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WAS THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FAMILY+ AND MEANT FOR YOUTHS BETWEEN 11 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE AND THEIR PARENTS.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT BY MEANS OF PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, WHICH ARE TO BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA AND ORGANISED IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS, TEENAGERS AND THEIR PARENTS WILL HAVE A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR OWN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES,+ MR ALLEYNE SAID.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A STAR-STUDDED VARIETY SHOW JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES.
THE ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR SHOW, CONSISTING OF SINGING, DANCING, DRAMA AND OTHER PERFORMANCES, WAS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS FAMILY LIFE THROUGH A COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME.
THE SHOW. SUPPLEMENTED BY DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITIES, WILL BE SCREENED ON TVB'S JADE CHANNEL ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 14) BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM.
PILOT SCHEME ON PRIMARY CLASS LIBRARIES ****
TWENTY-FIVE GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE TAKING PART IN AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PILOT SCHEME TO SET UP CLASS LIBRARIES IN PRIMARY 5 AND 6.
TO PREPARE FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT. 60 TEACHERS FROM THESE SCHOOLS ARE ATTENDING, TWO 11-WEEK-LONG COURSES JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES.
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ON COMPLETING THE COURSES NEXT MONTH, THE TEACHERS WILL START A CLASS LIBRARY IN EACH OF THE PRIMARY 5 AND 6 CLASSES IN THE IR SCHOOLS.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS SET ASIDE MORE THAN $760 000 FOR THE PILOT SCHEME, TO HELP THE SCHOOLS PURCHASE BOOKS AND BOOKCASES.
EACH CLASS WILL HAVE ONE BOOKCASE AND ABOUT 160 TO 240 BOOKS, MOSTLY STORY BOOKS IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH AND THE REST TOPICAL OR INTEREST BOOKS.
SCHOOLS MAY CHOOSE BOOKS BEST SUITED FOR THEIR STUDENTS,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE IDEA WAS INTRODUCED TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1979 AND FOUND TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING THE HABIT OF READING FOR PLEASURE AND FOR INFORMATION.
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