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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1974

OBSERVATIONAL VISITS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATES

TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON PRACTICAL EDUCATION

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A SERIES OF OBSERVATIONAL VISITS HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM THE WESTERN PART OF KOWLOON TO PROVIDE THOSE WHO WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES OPEN TO THEM IN THE FIELD OF PRACTICAL EDUCATION.

THE VISITS WILL BE TO A VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE, FACTORIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHERE THEY MAY OBTAIN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, AS WELL AS TO THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL IN FANLING.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED JOINTLY BY THE WEST KOWLOON YOUTH GUIDANCE COUNCIL AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TAL HANG TUNG.

EXPLAINING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE VISITS, THE WARDEN OF THE CENTRE, MR. SIT SUI-LUN SAID THEY HAD BEEN ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE CURRENT PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF VOCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING TO WIDEN THEIR PERSPECTIVES, AND HELP THEM IN DECIDING THEIR FUTURE.

+THIS PROJECT IS AIMED PARTICULARLY AT HELPING THOSE OVER-AGED CHILDREN OR THOSE WHO WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE MORE ALTERNATIVES IN THE FIELD OF PRACTICAL EDUCATION,+ HE SAID.

THE FIRST VISIT IS SCHEDULED AT THE KWUN TONG VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 5) AT 2.00 P.M., AND THE VISIT TO THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3.00 P.M. ON MONDAY (JUNE 17). VISITS TO OTHER FACTORIES AND INSTITUTIONS WILL FOLLOW.

MR. SIT ENVISAGED THAT A TOTAL OF FOUR HUNDRED STUDENTS WOULD BE INVOLVED. THEY WILL BE ESCORTED BY STAFF OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AS WELL AS FROM TEACHERS AND OTHER SOCIAL. WORKERS.

MR. SIT POINTED OUT THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ONE DECIDED ON AT THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY OF TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN TAI HANG TUNG AND SHEK KIP MEI.

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AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS, THE MEETING AUSPICES OF THE WEST KOWLOON YOUTH GUIDANCE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTRE - RESOLVED TO UNDERTAKE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO ASSIST THESE CATEGORIES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS.

THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE A SEMINAR FOR THE STUDENTS WHICH WAS HELD IN MARCH AND ATTENDED BY FOUR HUNDRED STUDENTS, THE COMPILATION OF A GUIDEBOOK FOR THE GRADUATES CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES AND THE ORGANIZING OP VISITS.

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