SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1983
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CONFERENCE ON ADULT EDUCATION OPENS
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MORE THAN 1 000 TEACHERS AND PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ADULT EDUCATION TODAY (SATURDAY) ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWO-DAY 28TH ADULT EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN SHA TIN.
UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR DR HO KAM-FAI, DELIVERED THE THEME LECTURE OF THE CONFERENCE WHICH FEATURED +PARTNERSHIP IN CONTINUING EDUCATION, WHILE THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, TOOK THE CHAIR.
ORGANISED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE CONFERENCE IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR TEACHING STAFF AND FIELD WORKERS OF THE VARIOUS COURSES RUN BY THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION.
IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ARENA FOR PARTICIPANTS TO KEEP UP WITH MODERN TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT, TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND DISCUSS PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR HAYE SAID: +OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS I FEEL CERTAIN THAT THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN OUR DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS, GUEST SPEAKERS AND YOURSELVES WILL ENABLE US TO SEE EVEN MORE CLEARLY THAT OUR INDIVIDUAL ROLES ARE REALLY PART OF AN INTEGRATED EFFORT - A PARTNERSHIP FROM WHICH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE BENEFITS.+
MR HAYE ALSO THANKED DR HO FOR DELIVERING THE THEME LECTURE OF THE CONFERENCE.
BEING A PROMINENT EDUCATIONALIST AND SOCIAL WORKER, DR HO +HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED A GENUINE AND ACTIVE INTEREST IN ADULT EDUCATION IN HONG KONG WHICH HAS INCLUDED PARTICIPATION IN OVERSEAS CONFERENCES CONCERNED WITH THIS IMPORTANT SECTION OF EDUCATION, MR HAYE NOTED.
TODAY'S CONFERENCE FEATURED A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN THEME AND A SERIES OF SEMINARS COVERING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ADULT EDUCATION.
THE SPEAKERS INCLUDED DR OWEN WONG, SENIOR STAFF TUTOR, DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA MURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, DR NELSON CHOW, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE AND MR PETER LEE, MEMBER OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT GASCOIGNE ROAD ON ITS SECOND DAY AND WILL START WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION AT 9.30 AM ON +PARTNERSHIP IN THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES+.
TAKING PART IN THE PANEL DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE
MR CHRISTOPHER WONG, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE: MR JAMES MÁN, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER (YAU MA TEI), SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND MISS ALIMA TUET, ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, URBAN COUNCIL PUBLIC LIBRARIES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GROUP DISCUSSIONS.
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