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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
SHIP MASTERS TO GIVE
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WAY TO CHARITY WALK FERRIES * * * * *
ARE MASTERS OF ALL VESSELS
URGED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN NAVIGATING OFF WAN CHAI AND KOWLOON POINT BETWEEN 8.30 AM AND 11 AM ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 27) TO FACILITATE FERRIES CARRYING CHARITY WALKERS ACROSS THE HARBOUR,
MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ADVISED TODAY
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(FRIDAY).
ORGANISED BY THE
BE THE KOWLOON SAILING WILL RANGE
COMMUNITY CHEST, THE CHARITY WALKERS WILL FERRIED ACROSS THE HARBOUR FROM THE PIERS IN WAN CHAI TO
THE FREQUENCY OF POINT PIERS IN TSIM SHA TSUI. FROM FIVE MINUTES TO 15 MINUTES.
TRIBUTE PAID TO RETIRING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
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TRIBUTE WAS PAID TO THE RETIRING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, AT A FAREWELL DINNER LAST (THURSDAY) NIGHT ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 400 MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.
INCLUDING
THE NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W WING, PRAISED MR LI FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS IMPROVING THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION DURING HIS 32 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
"MR LT'S YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAVE SEEN A RAPID EXPANSION OF EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AT ALL LEVELS," MR WONG SAID.
"IN MORE RECENT YEARS HE HAS HELPED DEVELOP AND HAS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED A RANGE OF POLICIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS".
IN THE 1970S, MR LI WAS CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL, FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 15.
HE WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN:
DEVELOPING THE SCHOOLS BUILDING PROGRAMME;
THE STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME, AND
THE VARIOUS ASSESSMENT AND ALLOCATION SYSTEMS FOR PUPILS.
THE
HE HAS ENCOURAGED SCHOOLS TO MOVE TOWARDS CHINESE AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION AND HAS ACCELERATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE-MEDIUM CURRICULUM WHICH MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
/MR LI