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"Examples of the latter would include technological changes, the woman's role in society, environmental issues and the change of sovereignty in 1997," Miss Chung said.
She noted that a major macro change was that schools no longer held the monopoly to impart knowledge to students. This role is now shared with the mass media, travels and tools like the Internet.
"The paradox for school administrators is that while the influence of schools on students is probably less than ever before, demands for schools to have more influence on students are stronger than before.
"Schools can no longer be ivory towers. They are firmly an integral part of society in which they are located and they serve the future generation of that society.
"In short, schools impact on society and society dictates the types of school we have," Miss Chung noted.
End/Tuesday, June 6, 1995
Water storage figure
Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Tuesday) stood at 62.6 per cent of capacity or 367.103 million cubic metres.
This time last year the reservoirs contained 375.501 million cubic metres of water, representing 64.1 per cent of capacity.
End Tuesday, June 6, 1995