TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1985
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GRADUATION CEREMONY
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, WILL ADDRESS THE CHILD CARE COURSE GRADUATING CEREMONY OF LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE ON THURSDAY (JULY 11) AT 3 PM.
A TOTAL OF 30 STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE THIS YEAR ON COMPLETION OF A TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME COURSE AND WILL BE ACCEPTED AS HAVING MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT IN A CHILD-CARE CENTRE.
THE COURSE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OFFERED BY THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 3 000 APPLICANTS COMPETED FOR ADMISSION TO THE 40 FIRST-YEAR PLACES.
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CALL FOR CARE IN COUNTRYS IDE
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PEOPLE WERE URGED TODAY (TUESDAY) TO ADOPT A MORE RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE IN HELPING CONSERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR S.P. LAU, WHEN LAUNCHING AN OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL PROJECT AT SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.
THE PROJECT, ENTITLED +1 LOVE THE COUNTRYSIDE, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND A LOCAL TV STATION, TO ENABLE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO GET INVOLVED IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION WORK.
MR LAU SAID THAT THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF THE COUNTRY PARKS HAD BROUGHT WITH IT A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS, THE MOST SERIOUS OF WHICH WERE HILL FIRES AND LITTERING.
HILL FIRES CAUSE IMMEASURABLE DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE, WHILE LITTERING ADVERSELY AFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, BOTH ALSO DEFACING THE LANDSCAPE.
CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES HAD TO BE DEPLOYED TO CONTAIN THE PROBLEMS AND BRING ABOUT REMEDIES, MR LAU SAID.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEMS COULD BE GREATLY REDUCED IF EVERY VISITOR TO THE COUNTRYSIDE SHOWED A LITTLE MORE CARE BY ADOPTING A MORE RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE, HE SAID.
TODAY'S ACTIVITY WAS ATTENDED BY 500 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHO HAD BEEN HELPING WITH SUCH CONSERVATION WORK AS LITTER PICKING, WEEDING, FERTILISING AND PRUNING OF TREES.
THE STUDENTS WERE LATER AWARDED A CERTIFICATE FOR THE IR EFFORT.
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