TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1984
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SIR PETER VISITS SCHOOL
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SIR PETER BLAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SPENT THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON MEETING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES.
SIR PETER FIRST VISITED BAPTIST LUI MING CHOI SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SHA TIN WHERE HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), MR T.L. LAM. HE LATER HAD TALKS WITH THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL, MR CHAN KIN-HUNG, AND OTHER TEACHERS.
DURING THE VISIT, SIR PETE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HEADS OF SIX OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SHA TIN.
THEY WERE MISS PEGGY CHIK OF SHA TIN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL MR MAK MING-CHEONG OF MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PRE- VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SHA TIN; MR LO WING-KWONG OF TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS MRS FUNG WONG FUNG TING COLLEGE; MS LEUNG YUK- LING OF SHENG KUNG HUI TSANG SHIU TIM SECONDARY SCHOOL; MR CHOW TZE-SUM OF SHA TIN METHOD IST COLLEGE; AND MR LAU HIN-KI OF BUDDHIST WONG WAN TIN COLLEGE.
$ IR PETER LATER WENT TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT CAUSEWAY BAY WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A DETAILED BRIEFING ON HONG KONG'S VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ISSUES BY MR HAYE AND HIS DIRECTORATE STAFF.
BEFORE LEAVING THE ED HEADQUARTERS, SIR PETER HAD TALKS WITH ABOUT 10 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
MODEL WORKERS ON 'AMBASSADOR VISIT' ****
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED WORKERS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS THIS YEAR SO THAT MORE WORKERS COULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE, EITHER AS CANDIDATES OR VOTERS, IN NEXT YEAR'S TERRITORY-WIDE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
MR HSU MADE THIS CALL AT A RECEPTION FOR THE 10 SELECTED TSUEN WAN DISTRICT MODEL WORKERS BEFORE THEY STARTED THEIR FIRST +WORKER AMBASSADORS+ VISIT TO A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS IN TSUEN WAN AND THE TAJ PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
HE SAID THAT THE SUPPORT BY WORKERS IN EACH DISTRICT WOULD HELP MAKE THE DISTRICT BOARD A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION OF ABSOLUTE REPRESENTATIVENESS.
THE VISIT,