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Services provided by the helpline include:
support to teachers on matters relating to the delivery of guidance service in school:
advice to teachers on the strategies to be taken after episodes of traumatic experience;
* advice to teachers on the resources and provisions available which can be used to form a network of support for people in crisis; and
helping teachers to enhance their interpersonal skills with pupils, parents and colleagues.
The helpline operates from 8.30 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm from Monday to Friday, and 9 pm to noon on Saturday.
The spokesman said: "Heads of schools should urge their teachers to draw on the supportive resources within the school when faced with problems related to the delivery of guidance service or interpersonal skills.
"In case circumstances warrant outside professional advice or the service of educational counsellors is considered more appropriate, they are most welcome to make use of this helpline service.'
End/Thursday, January 12, 1995
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153 Vietnamese go home voluntarily
A group of 153 Vietnamese migrants today (Thursday) returned to Vietnam under the Voluntary Repatriation Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Comprising 60 men, 39 women, 30 boys and 24 girls, they were the 224th batch to go back under the programme.