SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1984
BARONESS PHILLIPS TO VISIT HK
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BARONESS PHILLIPS, LORD LIEUTENANT OF GREATER LONDON,
AND
HER DAUGHTER, THE HONOURABLE MRS GWYNETH DUNWOODY, LABOUR MP, WILL BE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (SUNDAY) FOR A TEN-DAY VISIT AT THE JOINT INVITATION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SECURITY ASSOCIATION (HONG KONG BRANCH).
DURING THE IR STAY, THEY WILL MEET SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND VISIT THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, + THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL ALSO CALL ON THE UMELCO, THE ICAC, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION, AND TOUR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, FACILITIES FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED AND THE CHI MA WAN VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CLOSED CENTRE.
BARONESS PHILLIPS, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE IPSA, WILL BE THE LEADING SPEAKER AT THE CRIME PREVENTION 1984 SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE TO BE OPENED NEXT WEEK.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON JUNE 1 (FRIDAY) BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE.
NEW COURSES TO STRENGTHEN KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION
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TWO NEW IN-SERVICE COURSES WILL BE HELD SHORTLY FOR KINDERGARTEN SUPERVISORS AND HEAD-TEACHERS IN A BID TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR HAYE WAS SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FIRST TWO 12-WEEK PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.
HE SAID THE NEW ADMINISTRATION COURSES, THE FIRST OF WHICH WOULD START THIS SEPTEMBER, WOULD CATER FOR SUPERVISORS AND HEAD-TEACHERS. THEY COULD BE FULLY TRAINED, OR WERE UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE GRADUATES, BUT HAD NOT RECEIVED SPECIALISED TRAINING IN KINDERGARTEN TEACHING.
MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO CONDUCT 12-WEEK COURSES FOR MORE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR IN LINE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 1981 WHITE PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES, MR HAYE SAID.
/HE ADDED