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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1985
STRESSING THAT THE MANIFESTATION OF A GOOD SCHOOL LAY IN ITS ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, MR LEUNG SAID THAT ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE HAD ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO STRIKE A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
+WITH THE PROVISION OF THE SCHOOL HALL AND COVERED PLAYGROUND, THE SCHOOL IS BETTER EQUIPPED TO EXPAND ITS EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO CATER FOR AN EVEN WIDER RANGE OF STUDENTS' INTERESTS AND NEEDS,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
NOTING THE RECENT ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENT COUNCIL, MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF CIVIC EDUCATION THAT YOUNG PEOPLE COULD BEST BENEFIT FROM SCHOOL.
+ IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT IT IS THROUGH PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS ORGANISATION AND RUNNING OF THE CLUBS AND INTEREST GROUP THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR MORAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS SELF-DISCIPLINE, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY AWARENESS, RESOLUTION IN FACING DIFFICULTIES AND CARE FOR OTHERS,+ HE SAID.
HK DELEGATION LEAVES FOR ILO CONFERENCE
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A TRIPARTITE HONG KONG DELEGATION LED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, LEFT FOR JAKARTA TODAY (TUESDAY) TO ATTEND THE 10TH ASIAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
THE 10-DAY CONFERENCE, WHICH STARTS TOMORROW,
WHICH STARTS TOMORROW, IS BEING HOSTED BY INDONESIA AND WILL BE ATTENDED BY SOME 300 PARTICIPANTS FROM 22 COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AS WELL AS OBSERVERS FROM THE ILO AND OTHER LABOUR ORGANISATIONS.
THE CONFERENCE WILL FOCUS DISCUSSIONS ON VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PERSONS AND RURAL AND URBAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN GENERAL,
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INCLUDES MR TAM YIU-CHUNG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS; MR JOHN CHEETHAM, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION OF HONG KONG, AND MR JOHN SUNG SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE.
MR TAM AND MR CHEETHAM WILL ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG.
/MR BRIDGE ..