FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1984
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HAYE PRAISES TEACHERS FOR PROMOTING SPORTS
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IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE SO MANY PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS GIVING UP SO MUCH OF THE IR TIME TO PROMOTE INTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR OUR YOUNGSTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE FINAL OF DIVISION ONE INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND, MR HAYE NOTED THAT THESE ACTIVITIES WERE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG.
+THEY ARE DOING MUCH TO RAISE STANDARDS AND TO NUTURE THE TALENT ON WHICH FUTURE SPORTING AND ATHLETIC PROWESS WILL DEPEND,+ THE DIRECTOR ADDED.
THIS YEAR, A RECORD OF 626 TEAMS FROM OVER 150 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE URBAN AREA OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAKE PART IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. MORE THAN 12 500 STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED IN THE VARIOUS TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES WELFARE FUND GETS $1 MILLION BOOST
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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF WELFARE FUND HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY BOOSTED WITH A DONATION OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG AND MR STANLEY HO.
THE DONATION, THE LARGEST SINGLE SUM RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, WAS CONTRIBUTED BY SIR SHIU-KIN AND MR HO IN SUPPORT OF THE GOOD WORK OF ITS STAFF.
AT THE OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY LAST NIGHT, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF THE FUND, TWO CHEQUES FOR THE AMOUNT FROM SIR SHIU-KIN.
THANKED
MR GARNER, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE STAFF, SIR SHIU-KIN FOR THE DONATION, AND STRESSED THAT IT WOULD PUT TO *VERY GOOD USE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE STAFF+.
MR GARNER SAID THAT THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT IN THE PUBLIC EYE, THOUGH MANY OF THE STAFF HAD TO FACE DAILY RISKS AND STRESS IN DEALING WITH OFFENDERS.
+SO THAT WHEN THE WORK YOU DO IS RECOGNISED AS IT IS TODAY, YOU KNOW IT IS DONE BY A PERSON WITH UNDERSTANDING, HE SAID.
IN APPRECIATION OF THE SUPPORT. SIR SHIU-KIN WAS APPOINTED A LIFE MEMBER OF THE OFFICERS' CLUB - AN HONOUR THE DEPARTMENT BESTOWED ONLY +ON PEOPLE WHO ARE SPECIAL TO THE DEPARTMENT+.
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