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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1977

CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATIONS

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TONIGHT DESCRIBED AS +VERY IMPORTANT+ THE REGULAR MEETINGS HE HAD WITH THE HONG KONG PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION AND THE TWO OTHER MAJOR ASSOCIATIONS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATIONS ADVISORY BOARD.

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR. TOPLEY SAID THE SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF IMPORTANT MATTERS WHICH OFTEN RESULTED IN CHANGES FOR THE BETTER GAVE HIM GREAT SATISFACTION.

MR. TOPLEY AGAIN EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION OF THE PART PLAYED BY PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND WHICH THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY IN EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

+ LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH YOUR ASSOCIATION AND YOUR SCHOOLS, A DIALOGUE TO WHICH I ATTACH VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE, HE SAID.

IN THE AFTERNOON, MR. TOPLEY WENT TO ST. CLARE'S GIRLS' SCHOOL WHERE HE OPENED AN EXHIBITION OF STUDY PROJECTS ON THE SCHOOL'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

HE SAID ST. CLARE'S HAD PLAYED A LEADING PART IN EDUCATION IN HONG KONG EVER SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1926 BY THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS.

THE DIRECTOR SAID THE PAST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL +WILL PROVIDE THE SPUR TO GREATER THINGS IN THE FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD+.

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