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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1979

IMPORTANCE OF SELF-HELP STRESSED

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MR. COLVYN HAYE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOLD STUDENTS OF KFANGSU-CHEKIANG COLLEGE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-HELP.

SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE COLLEGE, MR. HAYE DEFINED SELF-HELP AS BASICALLY SELF-RELIANCE, AN INTELLIGENT APPRECIATION OF ONE'S STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES COUPLED WITH THE DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE BEST OF ONESELF.

+SELF-HELP MEANS HELPING YOURSELF AND IF YOU PRACTISE IT YOU WILL SOON FIND THAT OTHERS WILL BE READY TO HELP YOU,+ HE SAID.

+NEVER FORGET THAT SELF-HELP STARTS WITH YOU, YOURSELF, AND THAT IF YOU ARE TO MAKE YOUR WAY IN LIFE YOU MUST FIRST RELY ON YOURSELF,+ MR. HAYE ADDED.

TO MAKE THE BEST OF ONE'S ABILITIES, HE SAID, IT WAS NECESSARY TO WORK HARD, AND NOTED THAT THE COURSES PROVIDED BY KIANGSU-CHEK IANG COLLEGE GAVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HARD WORK AND THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.

+THE COURSES YOU FOLLOW GIVE YOU A WIDE CHOICE OF EXCITING AND USEFUL STUDIES AND THE COLLEGE ORGANISATION WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON CLUBS, GAMES, SPORTS, CHORUS, FOLK DANCE, DRAMATICS, WESTERN AND CHINESE MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, PUBLIC SPEAKING, ART, CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, AND A VARIETY OF ACADEMIC CLUBS, GUARANTEES A BROAD- BASED PREPARATION FOR LIFE,+ MR. HAYE SAID.

REFERRING TO THE EDUCATION WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED LAST YEAR WHICH POINTED TO A FUTURE THAT PRODUCES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VIRTUALLY ALL YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, MR. HAYE SAID: +A VITAL ROLE IN THIS ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN PLAYED BY THE KIANGSU-CHEK FANG COLLEGE AND ALL INSTITUTIONS LIKE IT.+

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