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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1984
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JOINT TEACHER-PARENT EFFORT URGED
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TEACHERS AND PARENTS SHOULD JOIN HANDS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN SEEING THAT PUPILS LEARN THE VALUE OF BOOKS AND GOOD BEHAVIOUR, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION'S GOLDEN JUBILEE SPRING DINNER, MR HAYE SAID THAT TEACHERS COULD JOIN WITH PARENTS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUPILS.
HE EXPLAINED THAT TEACHERS TOOK THE PLACE OF PARENTS IN SCHOOLS, AND PARENTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OFFSPRING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AT HOME.
+TEACHERS COULD LEARN TO UNDERSTAND PUPILS A LOT BETTER IF THEY COULD FIND OUT FROM PARENTS MORE ABOUT THE IR HOME BACKGROUNDS, + MR HAYE SAID.
+WE CAN GIVE BETTER CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IF WE KNOW WHAT PARENTS REALLY WANT FROM THEIR CHILDREN.
+WE CAN TAKE MUCH OF THE PAIN OUT OF HOMEWORK BY PERSUADING PARENTS NOT TO PRESS THEIR CHILDREN TOO HARD, AND WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER SUPERVISION OF PUPILS STUDIES IF WE CAN PERSUADE PARENTS OF THE NEED FOR REMEDIAL TEACHING,✦ HE SAID.
PARENTS, MR HAYE SAID, COULD GIVE TEACHERS MUCH MORE SUPPORT IN SCHOOL OPEN DAYS, SPEECH DAYS, SPORTS DAYS AND PARENTS DAYS.
+PARENTS CAN JOIN PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS AND LEARN TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THEIR CHILDREN'S WELFARE BY MORAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
BATHING SHEDS AT NT BEACHES FOR HIRE
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TWELVE BATHING SHEDS AT FOUR BEACHES ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MAY NOW BE RENTED FOR ONE YEAR, STARTING ON APRIL 1.
THE SHEDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO APPLICANTS BY BALLOT TO BE HELD AT 11 AM ON MARCH 21 IN THE LECTURE ROOM OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR OF GOLDEN GATE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 136-138 AUSTIN ROAD, KOWLOON.
SEVEN OF THE SHEDS ARE AT APPROACH BEACH, THREE AT
LIDO BEACH AND ONE EACH AT HOI MEI BEACH AND OLD CAFETERIA BEACH.
THE ANNUAL RENTS RANGE FROM $2 250 TO $2 700.
ONLY REGISTERED COMPANIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISED GROUPS MAY APPLY, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID,
/APPLICATION FORMS