SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1987
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PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO NEW PERSPECTIVES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING SO THAT THE IR REPERTORY OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES MAY BE IMPROVED.
THEY WILL NOT ONLY BE DEVELOPING THE IR ABILITY TO CREATE TEACHING MATERIALS BUT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE IR OWN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY,
IT IS INTENDED THAT THE COURSES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY RESIDENTIAL INTENSIVE COURSES IN HONG KONG BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY NEXT YEAR AND IN BRITAIN BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST NEXT YEAR.
ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, TEACHERS WILL BE ISSUED A TEACHER REFRESHER COURSE CERTIFICATE.
SCHOOL HEADS ARE REQUESTED TO PUT FORWARD NOMINATIONS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE HAD AT LEAST FIVE YEARS POST-QUAL IF ICATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE, HAVE NOT ATTENDED A FULL-TIME REFRESHER COURSE FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, AND HAVE DEVOTED AT LEAST 50 PER CENT OF THE IR TEACHING TIME TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH DURING THE LAST TWO ACADEMIC YEARS.
SHA TIN TOWN PARK TO BE COMPLETED BY YEAR END
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THE SHA TIN TOWN PARK WILL BECOME A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWN AND THE URBAN AREAS WHEN IT IS FULLY COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $9 MILLION CONTRACT TO ENABLE REMAINING BUILDING WORK TO BE COMPLETED IN THE PARK.
TAKING SHAPE BETWEEN SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE AND THE NORTH BANK OF THE SHING MUN RIVER, THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PARK WILL HOLD ITS FIRST FUNCTION THE HONG KONG FLOWER SHOW - FROM MARCH 14 TO 17 AND THEN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY MID-1987.
THE BLEND OF OLD AND NEW, FORMALITY AND FUN, AND TRANQUILITY AND SHEER HIGH SPIRITS WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE EIGHT-HECTARE PARK WHICH WILL COST NEARLY $70 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT.
IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS MODERN FACILITIES, IT WILL INCORPORATE AN ABERDEEN-BUILT JUNK THAT WILL NEVER SAIL ANYWHERE, A SECTION OF THE +GREAT WALL OF CHINA+, TWO FORTS, WATERFALLS AND A BRIGHT YELLOW PLASTIC +BANDSTAND+ FROM THE UNITED STATES.
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