FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934
GRADUATES NEED NOT FEAR FUTURE
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HAYE
GRADUATES OF THE HANG SENG SCHOOL OF COMMERCE NEED HAVE NO FEAR FOR THE FUTURE, AS THE IR TRAINING WOULD CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNISED AND HONOURED FOR WHAT IT WAS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY.
THESE ASSURANCES WERE CONTAINED IN THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN WELCOMED BY MOST PEOPLE IN EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES, HE TOLD THE THIRD GRADUATION CLASS OF THE HANG SENG SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON.
MAKING THE POINT THAT IT SEEMED +A PARTICULARLY APPOSITE MOMENT TO ALLAY SOME PROFESSIONAL CONCERN ABOUT THE FUTURE+, MR HAYE SAID THE ASSURANCES HAD +PROMISED US THE FREEDOMS TO WHICH WE HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED AND NOTABLY THE FREEDOM OF HONG KONG TO DECIDE ITS OWN POLICIES REGARDING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION+.
+SIGNIFICANTLY. AMONG THE MAJOR ITEMS MENTIONED ARE THE SYSTEM OF ACADEMIC AWARDS AND THE RECOGNITION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL QUALIFICATIONS, HE SAID.
HE READ THIS TO MEAN, HE SAID, THAT PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED AT THE HANG SENG SCHOOL AND AT OTHER RECOGNISED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WOULD CONTINUE TO CARRY THE IR PROFESSIONAL WEIGHT AND BE RECOGNISED BOTH HERE AND ABROAD.
NOTING THAT THE SCHOOL WAS ENTERING ITS FIFTH YEAR, HE SAID THAT IT HAD BUILT +CONSCIOUSLY AND CONSCIENTIOUSLY, A PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES EMBRACING BOTH ACADEMIC WORK AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR PURSUITS+.
ITS CURRICULUM WAS NOT AN IMPORT DESIGNED FROM OTHER TIMES AND PLACES, BUT REFLECTED IN DELIBERATE FASHION HONG KONG'S CONDITIONS, AND WAS CONSTRUCTED SO THAT IT COULD BE MODIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHANGES IN THOSE CONDITIONS.
+TIMETABLES HAVE BEEN PLANNED SO THAT STUDENTS ENJOY ADEQUATE FREE TIME IN WHICH TO PLAN AND PURSUE THEIR OWN WORK AT THEIR OWN PACE, WHILE, AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEMANDS OF THE SYLLABUS AND THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL ARE TRANSLATED INTO PRECISE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES,+ HE SAID.
THE HANG SENG SCHOOL, HE SAID, HAD FASHIONED AN ADMIRABLE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE, WHICH HE FELT, WOULD BE REFINED AND ENLARGED WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOWED.
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