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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1979

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EDUCATIONIST RETIRING AFTER 22 YEARS' GOVERNMENT SERVICE

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AN EDUCATIONIST WHO HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IS RETIRING AFTER 22 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

MR. P.S. SUN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SERVICES) WAS PRESENTED WITH A COLOUR TELEVISION SET AS A MEMENTO FROM HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).

MR. COLVYN HAYE, ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WHO PRESENTED THE MEMENTO, SAID: MR. SUN WILL BE PARTICULARLY REMEMBERED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME WHICH IS RAPIDLY EXTENDING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, AND FOR LAUNCHING THE STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICER SCHEME.

+HE WILL BE MISSED BY HIS COLLEAGUES IN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS.+

MR. SUN FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER, 1957 AS AN ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER, AND WAS PROMOTED TO EDUCATION OFFICER IN 1961.

+HIS SPECIAL TALENTS THEN LED TO HIS SELECTION FOR THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICE WHICH HE EVENTUALLY ROSE TO HEAD BEFORE AGAIN BEING CHOSEN TO LEAD A NEWLY CREATED SERVICES DIVISION,+ MR. HAYE SAID.

THE SERVICES DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND THE STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICER SCHEME.

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