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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1978

ENJOY LEISURE BY READING BOOKS

SAYS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ******

MR. HO NGA-MING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), TODAY STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATING READING HABITS EARLY

IN LIFE.

MR. HO WAS ADDRESSING STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE EVENING INSTITUTE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE ON THE IR ANNUAL SPEECH DAY AT THE CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRE IN NORTH POINT.

DESCRIBING READ INC AS A +CONTEMPLATIVE PASTIME+, MR. HO SAID BOOKS GAVE AN ESCAPE FROM THE DAILY STRESSES OF LIFE AND HELPED TO CALM THE MIND.

HE POINTED OUT THAT BOOKS ALSO BROADENED THE READER'S OUTLOOK BY ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH INTERESTING AND STIMULATING MINDS.

FORMING THE HABIT EARLY IN LIFE HELPED THE READER IN LATER YEARS TO ENJOY HIS LEISURE, HE ADDED.

DR. JIMMY CHAN, SUPERVISOR AND PRINCIPAL OF THE EVENING INSTITUTE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE AT THE CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRE, SPOKE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOLS IN PERSONALITY DEVELOP- MENT.

HE SAID: +TEACHERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CONTINUING NEED TO SHOW AN INTEREST IN THE ADOLESCENT'S ACTIVITIES INSIDE SCHOOL AS WELL AS OUTSIDE, AND IN HIS FUTURE PROSPECTS AND AMBITIONS AS WELL AS HIS PRESENT PERFORMANCES.

+REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THAT THE ADOLESCENT IS GROWING UP ONLY MAKES HIM ASSERT HIS RIGHT TO INDEPENDENCE ALL THE MORE STRONGLY.+

DR. CHAN CALLED ON TEACHERS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENT TO DEMONSTRATE HIS GROWING ABILITIES FOR TAKING ON ADULT RESPONSIBILITY.

REFERRING TO THE GROWTH OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE, DR. CHAN SAID THAT THE COURSE THIS YEAR HAD 710 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 20 CLASSES AT SIX LEVELS WITH A 53 PART-TIME LECTURERS.

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