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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1984
TEACHERS BACK GREEN PAPER
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VIEWS EXPRESSED AT RECENT SEMINARS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT SHOW THAT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS SUPPORT THE GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
THE SEMINARS, ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WERE ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM 54 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT INITIALLY THERE SHOULD BE INDIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+ IN FACT, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THOUGHT THAT DIRECT ELECTIONS SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE BEFORE 1991, WHILE TEACHERS REGARDED DIRECT ELECTIONS AS A MUST FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND SUGGESTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN 1987 OR 1989, HE SAID.
+THERE WERE ALSO SUGGESTIONS THAT GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED TO AVOID POSSIBLE CONFUSION WITH FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, HE ADDED.
FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS FROM TEACHERS THAT MORE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, A SPECIAL MEETING HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR SEPTEMBER 28 WHEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL MEET THE TEACHERS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
LAST WEEK'S SEMINARS, SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, WERE PART OF DISCUSSIONS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO COLLECT PUBLIC OPINION ON THE GREEN PAPER,
IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, 16 MEETINGS WERE HELD AND ATTENDED BY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE GREEN PAPER WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT A DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AS WELL AS SIX AREA COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
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