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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1978

SUMMER CAMP FOR FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN ENDS

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MORE THAN 800 FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN TODAY SHOWED THEIR ATHLETIC SKILLS TO THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. TED NICHOLS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, AT THE END OF THEIR WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE CHILDREN, FROM THE 13 FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, SPENT THE LAST WEEK AT THE WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE ON THE EDGE OF TOLO HARBOUR.

THE SUMMER CAMP WAS ORGANISED AND FINANCED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION.

DURING THE WEEK THE CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN MANY SPORTING EVENTS, EXCURSIONS, CHESS COMPETITIONS, FOLK DANCING, BARBECUES AND PARTIES. THEY WERE ALSO GIVEN DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AND WERE SHOWN FILMS BY ICAC.

SPEAKING AT THE CAMP-CLOSING CEREMONY TODAY, MR. NICHOLS SAID THIS WAS THE TENTH SUMMER CAMP ORGANISED BY THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION.

HE ADDED + WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WE ARE HOPEFUL OF CONVERTING OUR PRESENT SECONDARY AND PRACTICAL SCHOOL AT ABERDEEN FROM A THREE-YEAR TO A FIVE-YEAR COURSE OF STUDIES.

+WE DO SO IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEED AND INCREASING EMPHASIS TO BE PLACED ON SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SO FAR AS THE CHILDREN OF THE FISHING COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED AND ALSO IN ANTICIPATION OF THE HOPE THAT FUTURE GRADUATES FROM OUR ABERDEEN SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM UNDER THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED MARINE FISH SCHOLARSHIP FUND WHICH IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE VARIOUS TERTIARY AREAS OF EDUCATION, HE SAID.

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