SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1985
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EXCHANGING VIEWS ON EDUCATION
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TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES OF AIDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A SERIES OF DISCUSSION SESSIONS WITH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ON APRIL 2.
THESE DISCUSSIONS HAD BEEN HELD IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND HAD PROVED TO BE A VALUABLE CHANNEL OF CONSULTATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES HAD IN THE PAST TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS FREELY THE VIEWS OF THEIR COLLEAGUES ON VARIOUS TOPICS OF CONCERN. IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY WERE GIVEN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONVEYED TO HEADS OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER CONCERNED PARTIES.
TO PROVIDE A WIDER REPRESENTATION, BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS OF AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO SEND A TEACHER REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THESE DISCUSSIONS.
HEADS OF SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT THE NAMES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICERS OF THE IR AREA ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 28.
THEY SHOULD ALSO INFORM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE TOPICS THE IR TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES WOULD WISH TO RAISE DURING THE DISCUSSION SESSIONS.
IT'S MEN'S TURN AGAIN ****
THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE SCHEME FOR MEN WILL BEGIN ON MARCH 11.
MEN BORN IN 1947 AND BEFORE ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS DURING THIS CYCLE. THERE IS AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF MORE THAN 900 000 PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE EXERCISE WOULD BE CONDUCTED IN EIGHT PHASES, SPREADING OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 10 MONTHS.
+EACH PHASE WILL DEAL WITH APPLICATIONS FROM A SPECIFIC AGE-GROUP, AND THE FIRST GROUP WILL BE THOSE BORN BETWEEN 1945 AND 1947, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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