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MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989
"IMPORTANT
ENSURE THAT THE
EDUCATORS MUST
THOUGH SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ARE, CURRICULUM REMAINS BALANCED AND THAT PUPILS ARE INTRODUCED ΤΟ A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING HUMANITIES, LANGUAGES AND THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS, SHE SAID.
LADY WILSON SAID THAT CREATIVE ART AS A SUBJECT IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, WAS OF IMMENSE VALUE TO THE LEARNING PROCESS.
EXPRESS AND USE OF
"IT
PROVIDES YOUNG PUPILS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEIR
THE EXPERIENCES, WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON
FORMALISE LANGUAGE.
"ART ALSO EXERCISES THE IMAGINATION, AND USES THE CREATIVE PROCESSES LATENT IN EVERYONE.
"IT ENCOURAGES PROBLEM-SOLVING AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS, SHARPENS THE POWERS OF OBSERVATION AND TACTILE AWARENESS, AND FURTHERS THE DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS, LADY WILSON ADDED.
SHE SAID THAT THE EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATED HOW ESF SCHOOLS PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING A BROAD CURRICULUM FOR THEIR PUPILS.
SHE NOTED THAT THE WORK IN THE EXHIBITION HAD NOT BEEN PRODUCED FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES; THE INTENTION HAD BEEN TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF THE ART WORK UNDERTAKEN BY PUPILS DURING THEIR NORMAL CLASSROOM LESSONS, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS MORE AND MORE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS AND OUR FESTIVALS AND MANY ACTIVITIES WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY WELL KNOWN IN THE REGION.
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"OUR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS ARE GROWING ALL THE TIME.
"IT
IS GOOD TO SEE THIS HAPPENING AT AN EARLY AND FORMATIVE SHE ADDED.
LADY WILSON CONGRATULATED THE TEACHERS AND PUPILS WHO HAD THE EXHIBITION POSSIBLE.
MADE
WHO
"AS YOU VIEW THIS EXHIBITION, YOU WILL SEE WORK BY PUPILS COME FROM 40 DIFFERENT NATIONS, AND WHOSE CULTURAL BACKGROUND ARE VERY DIVERSE, SHE SAID.
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