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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23. 1974

BUSY DAY FOR VISITING MP'S

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THE TWO VISITING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR. JAMES LAMOND AND MR. LEWIS CARTER JONES, HAD A BUSY DAY TODAY LOOKING AT VARIOUS HOUSING PROJECTS AND DISCUSSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG WITH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.

THE VISITORS FIRST CALLED ON THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. MR. DONALD LIAO, FOR GENERAL DISCUSSIONS. THEY SHOVED APPRECIATION OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROVIDING PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 45 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION AND WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S FUTURE HOUSING PROGRAMME.

LATER IN THE MORNING THEY INSPECTED THE SHEK KIP MEI REHOUSING SCHEME AND VISITED THE NEW HO MAN TIN LICENSED AREA. THEY ALSO HAD A LOOK AT 01 MAN ESTATE WHERE THEY CALLED ON ONE OF THE 600 FAMILIES WHICH MOVED IN UNDER PHASE ONE OF THE HUGE HOUSING PROJECT.

THE MP'S WERE ACCOMPANIED BY MR. BERNARD WILLIAMS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, AND WERE IMPRESSED BY THE GENERAL CLEANLINESS OF THE ESTATES.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY MET THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, NR. JOHN CANNING, WHO TOLD THEN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG AND THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE E.T.V. SERVICE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. ALSO PRESENT WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION RESPONSIBLE FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, KR. COLVYN HAYE, WHO INFORMED THE VISITORS ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE OF THE E.T.V. SERVICE.

THE VISITORS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE E.T.V. COVERAGE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE SERVICES OF ITS KIND.

THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PACKAGE, DESIGNED AND PRODUCED AT THE E.T.V. CENTRE AT BROADCAST DRIVE, INCLUDES TV LESSONS, NOTES FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS' WORK BOOKS. NEXT SPETEMBER, THE E.T.V. AUDIENCE WILL RISE TO ABOUT 440,000 PUPILS AND ABOUT 10,000 TEACHERS. IT IS HOPED THAT FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER 1976.

YOUTH MUSICAL EVENING

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TAJ HANG TUNG HAS ARRANGED AN EVENING OF MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA.

IT WILL BE HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TONG YAM STREET,

TAI HANG TUNG FROM 8 P.M. TO 10 P.M.

THE PROGRAMME, ENTITLED +RHYTHM OF AUGUST+, WILL INCLUDE WESTERN AND ORIENTAL FOLK SONGS, CHINESE AND WESTERN MUSIC AND CHORALS BY THE WONG TAI SIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

TICKETS FOR THE EVENING WHICH INCLUDE REFRESHMENTS, ARE AVAILABLE AT $1 EACH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE OFFICE.

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