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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1975

LEARNING NEVER ENDS. STUDENTS TOLD

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YOUNG GRADUATING PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE LI PING MEMORIAL SCHOOL IN KOWLOON WERE ADVISED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO CONTINUE LEARNING AND IMPROVING THEMSELVES WHATEVER THEY DECIDED TO DO IN FUTURE, WHETHER IT WAS TO CARRY ON STUDYING OR TO LEARN A TRADE.

FOR ONLY BY SO DOING COULD THEY BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TOLD THEM WHEN HE SPOKE AT THEIR ANNUAL SPEECH DAY.

MR. LEE SAID THAT BY ALSO PARTICIPATING IN GROUP AND YOUTH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THEIR LEISURE TIME. THEY COULD DEVELOP INTO GOOD AND USEFUL CITIZENS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

HE SAID THEY SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT AT THEIR SCHOOL WHICH WAS NOTED FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON PRODUCING WELL-BALANCED STUDENTS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF APTITUDES, STUDIES, MORAL ATTITUDES, SPORTS AND RECREATION.

STUDENTS, TOO, WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND GOOD BEHAVIOUR WHICH, HE SAID, WAS DUE TO THE LEADERSHIP AND CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STAFF.

HE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL WORD OF PRAISE FOR THEIR SUPERVISOR, MRS. LI, WHO, HE SAID, WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SCHOOL FROM ITS FOUNDING IN 1960.

CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATING STUDENTS BY MRS. LEE,

NOTE TO EDITORS, THE FULL SPEECH BY MR. LEE HAS BEEN BOXED FOR

COLLECTION.

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