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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1988
APART FROM THE BOOKLET, MR BRIDGE SAID AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF TV AND PUBLIC INTEREST HAD BEEN AIRED ON THE CHINESE CHANNELS OF ALL RADIO STATIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS' DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN.
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, ALSO SHORT FILM ON THE SAME THEME WHICH WAS BROADCAST IN THE PROGRAMME OF THE TVB JADE CHANNEL IN MID-NOVEMBER.
INFORMATION PRODUCED A "METRORAMA"
HAVE BEEN
"IN RECENT YEARS A NUMBER OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INTRODUCED INTO SCHOOLS, NOTABLY THE STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THE GUIDANCE SERVICE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MR BRIDGE SAID.
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"ONE OF THE AIMS OF THESE SERVICES IS TO STRENGTHEN THE LINK BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL."
BESIDES OFFERING GUIDANCE TO PARENTS OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, GUIDANCE TEACHERS AND STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS HAD ORGANISED PROGRAMMES
THE INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS GENERALLY IN EDUCATION.
PROMOTE TO
TALKS ON
THESE INCLUDED SEMINARS ON THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM, ORIENTATION SESSIONS FOR NEW PUPILS, AND STUDY SKILLS.
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MR BRIDGE SAID A SEMINAR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL "TOWARDS BETTER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND SCHOOLS" WOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR то FURTHER STRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF CLOSE PARENT/SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.
"ALL THESE EFFORTS REQUIRE A CONSIDERABLE INPUT OF RESOURCES PARTICULARLY HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO QUANTIFY THESE IN MONEY TERMS, HE ADDED.
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RE-EXAMINATION OF RATIO OF OFFICE SPACE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED TO RE-EXAMINE THE RATIO OF OFFICE SPACE IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BARNES SAID THE RE-EXAMINATION WAS ADDRESSED NOT ONLY ΤΟ THE POSSIBILITY OF GREATER FLEXIBILITY OF THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL PREMISES, BUT ALSO TO THE WAYS OF RELEASING MORE LAND FOR OFFICE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDIUM AND LONGER TERMS.
"AT PRESENT,