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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1978

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+ IN ADDITION, TWO TRANSPORT COMPANIES WHICH MADE USE OF THE WAN CHAI PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE

OF CONGESTION IN KOWLOON HAVE MOVED THEIR BUSINESS TO KWUN TONG.

+ IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE MOVE HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE SAVING IN TUNNEL FEES FOR THE COMPANIES AS THEIR PRINCIPAL BUSINESS IS IN KOWLOON SIDE.

+THE WASH ROOMS AND REST SHELTERS WHICH ARE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SERVICE ARE ALSO WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE AREA. A TEA STALL WILL SHORTLY BE OPENED IN THE AREA TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE AMENITY FACILITIES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

WORKSHOPS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS *****

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A SERIES OF FOUR WORKSHOPS ON THE USE OF DRAMA IN THE ENGLISH CLASS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM FEBRUARY 21 TO MARCH 18.

EACH WORKSHOP CONSISTS OF THREE MEETINGS OF TWO HOURS' DURATION.

THE FIRST TWO WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE (KOWLOON UNIT), 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, KOWLOON, AND THE LAST TWO AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE ( HONG KONG OFFICE), 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG,

THESE WORKSHOPS WILL INCLUDE SHORT TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE USE OF DRAMA IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN ACTUAL CLASSROOM DRAMA ACTIVITIES AND TO PRODUCE MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS.

THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH WORKSHOP WILL BE LIMITED TO 20 TEACHERS, A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE AWARDED TO ALL TEACHERS WHO HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE WORKSHOP.