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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1979

+CHINESE RHYMES FOR CHILDREN+ CONTRIBUTIONS INVITED

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS INVITING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHINESE RHYMES FOR CHILDREN FROM REGISTERED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE TEACHING CHINESE LANGUAGE.

THE PROJECT IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE TO GIVE TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE ON THE CREATIVE WRITING OF CHILDREN LITERATURE AND ALSO TO PROMOTE THEIR INTEREST IN WRITING SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIAL FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

+ALL SELECTED RHYMES WILL BE MIMEOGRAPHED AND COMPILED INTO AN ANTHOLOGY FOR WIDE CIRCULATION AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOLS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

+AUTHORS OF THE SELECTED RHYMES WILL BE AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AND A COPY OF THE ANTHOLOGY.+

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A BONHAM ROAD, FIRST FLOOR, HONG KONG, NOT LATER THAN APRIL 30.

+RHYMES SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON PROPER CHINESE MANUSCRIPT SHEETS AND NOT MORE THAN 300 WORDS IN LENGTH. THE NAME, SCHOOL AND TEACHER REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE CLEARLY STATED ON THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS.

+SELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN MAY AND THE RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN MID-JUNE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOR THE REFERENCE OF INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS, A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON CHILDREN LITERATURE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE'S HONG KONG UNIT IN FEBRUARY AND AT ITS KOWLOON UNIT AT 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD, SECOND FLOOR, IN MARCH,