5 -
-
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1983
EDUCATION SUNDAY TO MARK NEW SCHOOL YEAR
*****
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS EDUCATION SUNDAY
TO MARK THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED TO MARK THE
OCCASION.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AND AT ST TERESA'S CHURCH AND THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN KOWLOON.
ALL TEACHERS AND PUPILS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE SERVICES WHICH ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THEIR TASKS AHEAD.
THE SERVICE AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL WILL START AT 9 AM AND THE OTHER SERVICES AT 11 AM.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND MR MICHAEL LEUNG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL,
APPLICATION FOR PRIMARY ONE PLACES
***
PARENTS WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR PRIMARY ONE PLACES IN THE PUBLIC-SECTOR FOR THEIR CHILDREN FOR THE 1984-85 SCHOOL YEAR UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 19) TO OCTOBER 1, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT APPLICATION IS OPEN TO ALL HONG KONG-BELONGING CHILDREN WHO WERE BORN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1978 AND WHO ARE NOT STUDYING IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL.
DETAIL ABOUT THE APPLICATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 18), THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
UC THANKED FOR FESTIVAL WORK
****
THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FESTIVAL MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU SAID TONIGHT.
SPEAKING AT THE FESTIVAL'S RECEPTION PARTY, MISS CHIU PAID TRIBUTE TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION, BOTH IN THE FORM OF CASH SUBSIDY AND FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES.
/+FOLLOWING THE