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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1975

+THE SYSTE1 OF SPECIALIST SUBJECTS IN SIXTH FORM HAS ITS WEAKNESS. IT ALSO HAS VIRTUES WHICH SHOULD NOT BE THROWN AWAY TOO EASILY. ALSO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT THE SOLE CONCERN. WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THEMSELVES WHO ARE IN THE SIXTH FORMS, THEIR STAGE OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE bo APPROPRIATE WAYS BY WHICH THIS DEVELOPMENT CAN DEST BE GUIDED.+

MR. TOPLEY SAID: +HONG KONG IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION.

+ IF THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES IS ANYTHING TO JUDGE BY WE ARE ENTERING A PERIOD WHEN SUBSTANTIAL RE-THINKING OF OUR EDUCATIONAL WORK WILL DE DEMANDED.

+MEETING THE NEEDS OF A STUDENT POPULATION COMPRISING THE FULL RANGE OF ABILITY AND APTITUDE WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT MAJOR RE-DRAFTING OF OUR TEACHING SYLLABUSES AND A THOROUGH RE-EXAMINATION OF OUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES.+

THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT MUCH WORK HAD BEEN DONE ON CURRICULAR REVISION, MAINLY FOR THE FORM 1 TO FROM 3 LEVELS OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SIMILAR RE-STRUCTURING OF THE FORM 4 TO 5 CURRICULA WAS NOW IN HAND.

+ IT WOULD APPEAR LOGICAL FOR THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE WITH A THOROUGH REASSESSMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF OUR SIXTH FORMS AND THE COURSES OF STUDY WE PROVIDE IN THEM.+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.

S.W.D. STAFF AND TRAINEES IN WALK FOR A MILLION+.

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A TEAM OF 16 STAFF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR. MORRIS MORGAN, WILL TAKE PART IN THE +WALK FOR A MILLION+ ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 7) IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN.

ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE WALK WILL BE A GROUP OF 23 PHYSICALLY, AND MENTALLY DISABLED TRAINEES FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S KAI CHI CHILDREN'S TRAINING CENTRE AND ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE. THEY WILL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THREE STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE CENTRES.

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