SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1983
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APART FROM A DEMONSTRATION ON THE USE OF WEIGHING SCALES WITH DUAL SCALE CALIBRATION, PUBLICITY MATERIALS SUCH AS METRIC CONVERSION CARDS, STICKERS, METRIC DIALS AND FACT SHEETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE COUNTER.
THE SETTING UP OF METRIC SCALE COUNTERS IN MARKET PLACE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG IS PART OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE'S NEW PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO INTRODUCE THE METRIC SYSTEM TO PEOPLE AT THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL.
AFTER DECEMBER 24, THE COUNTER WILL BE MOVED TO YAU MA TI MARKET, ABERDEEN MARKET AND FINALLY, MONG KOK MARKET.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MR JAMES WU, CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, WILL VISIT THE METRIC SCALE COUNTER AT CENTRAL MARKET (QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL ENTRANCE) AT 12 NOON ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 12) TO SEE PEOPLE'S REACTION TO THE SCHEME. HE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PRESS INTERVIEWS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.
ROSARYHILL REFLECTS EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HK
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROSARYHILL SCHOOL OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS HAS MIRRORED THE GENERAL PATTERN OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID AT THE SCHOOL'S OPEN DAY TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR HAYE SAID ROSARYHILL SCHOOL AT FIRST CONCENTRATED ON PRIMARY EDUCATION, AND EXTENDED INTO SECONDARY EDUCATION LATER ON.
*THE SECONDARY SECTION OF THE SCHOOL, LIKE THE PRIMARY, STARTED AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT JOINED THE RANKS OF THE PER CAPUT GRANT SCHOOLS IN 1974, ENTERED THE GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME OF PHASED CONVERSION TO FULLY AIDED STATUS IN 1979, AND ATTAINED THAT STATUS IN 1982.
+THIS DEVELOPMENT REFLECTS THE PATTERN OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS - THE EARLY CONCENTRATION ON THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION, THE RAPID EXPANSION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND, MORE RECENTLY, THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS INCLUDED IN THE FULLY AIDED SECTOR,+ MR HAYE SAID.
THE DECISION
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