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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1986
MR YEUNG SAID TEACHERS WERE EXPECTED TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PASTORAL ROLE IN THE SCHOOL SETTING AND THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED GREATLY UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL.
COMMENTING ON CONFLICTING VIEWS THAT MIGHT ARISE AMONG DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL UNITS, MR YEUNG SAID THEY COULD BE MINIMISED THROUGH STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, ACCOMMODATING EACH OTHER'S VIEWS.
ON GUIDANCE SERVICE IN THE LONG TERM, MR YEUNG SAID MORE EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION WERE DEFINITELY REQUIRED SO THAT PUPILS COULD BE HELPED TO MAXIMISE THEIR OWN POTENTIAL. ACQUIRE ACCEPTABLE SOCIAL SKILLS, DETERMINE RIGHT FROM WRONG, DEVELOP APPROPRIATE VALUES, ADJUST TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES AND, IN GENERAL, BE BETTER EQUIPPED FOR LIFE.
HISTORY OF CUSTOMS SERVICE OUTLINED
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THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF HONG KONG'S CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE IS OUTLINED IN A NEWLY PUBLISHED REVIEW.
THE BOOK, APART FROM COVERING THE TWO CALENDAR YEARS 1984 AND 1985, ALSÓ GIVES A HISTORY OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE
ILLUSTRATED WITH HISTORICAL PICTURES.
THE SERVICE WAS FOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER 1909, AS A RESULT OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE LIQUOR ORDINANCE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF REVENUE ON INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
THE FORMER COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR H.S. GREWAL, POINTED OUT IN THE FOREWORD TO THE REVIEW THAT: +THERE IS NO READILY AVAILABLE RECORD OF THE SERVICE'S ACTIVITIES OVER THE INTERVENING THREE-QUARTERS OF A CENTURY, A PERIOD DURING WHICH THE SERVICE HAS IN MANY WAYS REFLECTED HONG KONG'S OWN GROWTH INTO A SOPHISTICATED COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE OF WORLD SIGNIFICANCE. THIS REVIEW IS INTENDED TO FILL THAT GAP.+
/THE BOOK
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