TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1988
9
BOE MEMBERS VISIT HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL
(BOE)
AT STANLEY
ΤΟ
TODAY
(TUESDAY) SEE TRAINING
NINE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION VISITED THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL FACILITIES PROVIDED IN SEAMANSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP FOR YOUNG MEN.
THE BOE MEMBERS,
TAM MR
LEGISLATIVE
MAN-KWAN,
MR COUNCILLOR,
HA,
CHAN YING-LUN,
MR
LJ, ERIC SO KWOK-WING AND MR DIRECTOR SENIOR
MR TIMOTHY MISS BOW SUI-MAY, PROFESSOR BRAIN COOKE, DR JOHN CHEN, MR ANDREW DOMINIC WONG, WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE ASSISTANT OF EDUCATION (SERVICES), MR LUCAS CHAN, AND THE BOE SECRETARY, EDUCATION OFFICER, MISS ROSE LAU.
THE
SCHOOL
CURRENTLY
ACCOMMODATED · DEPRIVED
THE BOE MEMBERS WERE TOLD SOME 510 BOYS AGED BETWEEN 14 1/2 AND 17 1/2, WHO CAME FROM
J HOMES AND WHO WERE CONSIDERED TO BE NEGLECTED OR SOCIALLY DEPRIVED.
FROM PRIMARY 6 UP TO
THE BOYS WERE PROVIDED WITH SCHOOLING SECONDARY 3 LEVEL AND TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT ON SHIPS.
THAT A
VARIETY OF F"TRA-CURRICULAR PHYSICAL TRAINING WERE INCLUDED TRAINING 1N
THE VISITORS ALSO NOTED ACTIVITIES, MOSTLY RELATED TO SEAMANSHIP AND ORGANISED AFTER SCHOOL AND ON SATURDAYS. THESE FIRE FIGHTING AND LIFE SAVING.
THE SCHOOL OFFERED ACADEMIC SUBJECTS SUCH AS CHINESE,
THE BOYS AND THE MATHEMATICS, GEOGRAPHY AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE TO ORDINARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM WAS FOLLOWED AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
ENGLISH,
ALL PUPILS ATTENDED SEAMANSHIP TRAINING IN THE FIRST WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE EITHER SEAMANSHIP OR STEWARDSHIP TRAINING IN SECOND YEAR.
YEAR
AND
THE
THE SEAMANSHIP TRAINING CURRICULUM LEADS TO THE EFFICIENT AND, CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION.
THE
COURSE
DECK
CONTENT IS BASED
THE ON
DEMANDS OF SHIPPING THE COMPANIES WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF ENGLISH WHICH IS PRIMARY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION ON SHIPS.
MARINE DEPARTMENT, THE THE BOE MEMBERS ALSO LEARNED THAT THE
NAVY AND THE ROYAL ATR FORCK FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ROYAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO THEM
GAIN ASSISTED IN TRAINING THE BOYS BY GIVING PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE BEFORE JOINING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.
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