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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1979

ACTING GOVERNOR TO OPEN ASIAN YOUTH MUSIC CAMP

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE 1979 ASIAN YOUTH MUSIC CAMP TO BE HELD AT THE WU KAI SHA YOUTH CAMP ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 4).

THE CAMP, THE THIRD OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD IN ASIA, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AND THE ASIAN YOUTH MUSIC CAMP ASSOCIATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 3 PM AND WILL BE ATTENDED BY PARTICIPANTS FROM 11 COUNTRIES. THE 1979 ASIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM DURING THE CEREMONY.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE 1979 ASIAN YOUTH MUSIC CAMP ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 4). PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. A VAN WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1.20 PM FOR THE UNIVERSITY STATION WHERE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE TAKEN TO THE CAMP BY A LAUNCH, THOSE WHO WISH TO USE THIS FACILITY SHOULD CONTACT MR. CHARLES FOO OF THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AT TEL: 5-283257.

NEED FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND INDUSTRY

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A PAPER WILL SHORTLY BE CIRCULATED AMONG INDUSTRIALISTS AND EDUCATIONAL GROUPS PROPOSING A FRAMEWORK OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND THE SCHOOL, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 7TH SPEECH DAY CUM 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE ISLAMIC COLLEGE IN ITS SCHOOL HALL IN CLOUDVIEW ROAD, NORTH POINT.

+THERE SHOULD BE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN SCHOOLS TOWARDS THE WORLD OF WORK AND AN EQUALLY POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN INDUSTRY TOWARDS THE SCHOOLS FROM WHICH THE FUTURE WORKERS AND MANAGERS WILL BE COMING, MR. TOPLEY SAID.

THEREFORE, HE FELT IT WAS NOW TIME FOR THE TWO PARTIES TO FORM A COMMON PURPOSE AND A COMMON PLAN OF CO-OPERATION.

+MY DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY BE CIRCULATING IN INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES A PAPER WHICH MAKES PROPOSALS FOR A FRAMEWORK OF CO-OPERATION AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHEN AND HOW TO START, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

THE PAPER WOULD PROPOSE WAYS AND MEANS ON HOW THE WORLD OF WORK AND THE WORLD OF LEARNING COULD MOVE TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.

MR. TOPLEY