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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978

DAILY FORECASTS ORIGINATED AT THE CENTRAL FORECASTING OFFICE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WILL BE PASSED TO THE OPERATIONS CENTRE AT KUALA LUMPUR, WHERE AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PLANNING TEAM WILL DECIDE WHETHER THE FOLLOWING DAY SHOULD BE DECLARED AN INTENSIVE OBSERVATION DAY FOR WINTER MONSOON. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH A DECLARATION IS MADE, A VARIETY OF DEDICATED OBSERVATION PLATFORMS SUCH AS RESEARCH AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS WILL BE ACTIVATED.

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF WEATHER REPORTS FROM COMMERCIAL SHIPS PLYING THE WINTER MONSOON REGION AND THE TRANSMISSION OF VARIOUS INFORMATION SUCH AS COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT REPORTS, RADAR OBSERVATIONS, AGROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA, RADIATION DATA, PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND SPECIAL SYNOPTIC DATA.

MANY HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS ARE NOW GATHER ING AT KUALA LUMPUR FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE MONEX EXPERIMENT IN THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1 TO 31.

SCHOOL AND HOME IMPORTANT FACTORS INFLUENCING A PUPIL'S WORK

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THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS AFFECTING A PUPIL'S PERFORMANCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR. N.M. HO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL) SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

PUPILS WERE DOUBTLESSLY INFLUENCED BY THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL PROVIDED, MR. HO SAID. BUT HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE TEACHER WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE FACTOR IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL LIFE OF A PUPIL.

+A DEDICATED, RESOURCEFUL AND WELL-TRAINED TEACHER CAN KINDLE HIS PUPILS' ENTHUSIASM, FIRE THE IR IMAGINATION AND BRING OUT THE IR INDIVIDUAL, POTENTIAL QUALITIES,+ HE ADDED.

ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE FAMILY, MR. HO SAID RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS COULD BE A GREAT HELP OR DETERRENT TO THE PUPILS' SUCCESSFUL WORK IN SCHOOL.

HE SUGGESTED PARENTS SHOULD HELP THE IR CHILDREN BY SETTING A TONE OF INTERESTED CO-OPERATION BECAUSE MOST PUPILS NEEDED SOME FORM OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

+MOST SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS NEED FULL ENCOURAGEMENT, WHETHER DIRECT OR IMPLIED, AT A STAGE WHEN THEIR LIFE-PATTERN IS BEING FORMED, + MR. HO SAID.

APART FROM THE BASIC SKILLS IN READING AND WRITING WHICH THE PUPILS WOULD ALREADY HAVE ACQUIRED IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY PUPILS SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO GET ON HARMONIOUSLY WITH EACH OTHER, HE ADDED.

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