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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1975
Y.W.C.A. PRAISED FOR PROMOTING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY TODAY PRAISED THE Y.W.C.A. FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL WORK IN HONG KONG AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION.
HE WAS ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE Y.W.C.A. HIOE TJO YOENG COLLEGE, A SUBSIDIZED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN HOMAN TIN.
SPEAKING IN CANTONESE, MR. TOPLEY SAID THE FUNCTIONS OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL ARE TO DEVELOP PUPILS' BASIC SKILLS TO INCULCATE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING TO STRENGTHEN THEIR CHARACTER AND TO PREPARE THEM ADEQUATELY FOR LIFE.
SCHOOL LIFE IS
HE SAID: +EDUCATION IS AN UNENDING PROCESS. MERELY ONE PART OF THE LIFE OF THE PUPIL, AND WHEN SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS REACHED EDUCATION WILL NOT CEASE.+
MR. TOPLEY STRESSED THAT ON LEAVING SCHOOL EACH PUPIL MUST BE SENT INTO THE WORLD WITH A SET OF ABIDING INTERESTS AS WELL AS WITH A DETERMINATION TO FURTHER HIS EDUCATION.
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