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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1991
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264 VM'S RETURN TO VIETNAM
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A GROUP OF 264 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 107 MEN, 60 WOMEN, 44 BOYS AND 53 GIRLS, THE 80TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THEY WERE
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 6,881 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND то 13,200 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
IMPORTANCE OF ERADICATING ROOT CAUSES
OF STUDENTS' BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS STRESSED
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A SYSTEM OF MASS EDUCATION CARRIES AN OBLIGATION TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL CHILDREN, WHATEVER THEIR ABILITY, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF COGNITO COLLEGE IN KOWLOON, HE SAID THE SYSTEM WAS BOUND TO INCLUDE SOME WHO WERE NOT BY NATURE WELL MOTIVATED TO SCHOOL LIFE AND WHO WOULD THEREFORE LIKELY TO LACK SELF-DISCIPLINE.
"IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MADR TO ERADICATE THE ROOT CAUSES OF BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
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"BEARING IN MIND THAT LOW MOTIVATION AND POOR SELF-DISCIPLINE ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED, AND FOLLOWING THE SIMPLE PRECEPT THAT PREVENTION IS MUCH BETTER THAN CURE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY SET UP AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO REPLACE THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR WHICH, AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, HAD A RATHER NARROW AND RESTRICTED FOCUS," HE ADDED.
HE SAID THAT THE NEW COMMITTEE WOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF INTERACTIVE ROLES OF STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN MAKING SUPPORT SERVICES FULLY EFFECTIVE.
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THE COMMITTEE, HE ADDED, HAS BEEN SET UP TO COINCIDE WITH RECENT POLICY DECISION ON A PACKAGE OF ENHANCEMENT MEASURES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, BASED ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S REPORT NO. 4.
THESE COVERED PUPILS WITH MODERATE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, PUPILS WHO WERE UNMOTIVATED AND SUFFERED FROM SEVERE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND, AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, PUPILS WHO WERE GIFTED.
/THE APPROVED