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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1977

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VISITING PROFESSOR IMPRESSED BY CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG

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PROFESSOR JOHN LEWIS, HONORARY PROFESSORIAL FELLOW AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF CARDIFF, WHO RECENTLY SPENT A WEEK HERE, WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING CURRICULUM IN HONG KONG.

IN A LETTER TO THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, THE PROFESSOR SAID HE WAS +GREATLY IMPRESSED BY THE SOUNDNESS OF THE QUIET WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM.+

HE SAID THE CURRICULUM APPEARED TO HIM TO BE LIKELY TO PROVE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MANY OF THE VERY EXPENSIVE AND MUCH PUBLICISED EFFORTS HE HAD SEEN ELSEWHERE.

+ IT ALSO WAS EXTREMELY HEARTENING TO LEARN OF THE THOUGHT BEING GIVEN OF HOW AT THE END OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO ASSESS BOTH ATTAINMENT AND APTITUDE AND THEREFORE BE ABLE TO BETTER ADVISE ON THE MOST APPROPRIATE LINES OF SPECIALISATION PUPILS MAY PURSUE TO THE BEST CAREER ADVANTAGE,+ HE SAID.

THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO GAIN THE UNDERSTANDING CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN THESE AND OTHER MATTERS COMPARED MORE THAN FAVOURABLY WITH- WHAT WAS ATTEMPTED ELSEWHERE, HE OBSERVED,

PROFESSOR LEWIS, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, WAS IN HONG KONG DURING A TOUR OF FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES.

ONE MAIL DELIVERY ON GENERAL HOLIDAY

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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THERE WILL BE ONE DELIVERY OF MAIL NEXT MONDAY (AUGUST 29) WHICH IS A GENERAL HOLIDAY.

AT THE SAME TIME, 32 POST OFFICES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR, INCLUDING THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.

ALL OTHER POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.

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