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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980

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OTHER COMPENSATION RATES HAD ALSO BEEN INCREASED, HE ADDED.

+IN ANY DEVELOPING PLACE INCONVENIENCE WILL BE CAUSED TO LOCAL PEOPLE DURING THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT,+ HE SAID.

SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE WAS AWARE OF THIS AND HAD JOINED HANDS WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO INTRODUCE MEASURES TO REDUCE INCONVENIENCE AND PROBLEMS TO A MINIMUM.

+ IN ORDER TO DEVELOP SHA TIN INTO AS PERFECT A NEW TOWN AS POSSIBLE, SHA TIN RESIDENTS HAVE NATURALLY TO PAY A PRICE, HE SAID, ADDING THAT SOME YEARS LATER, WHEN SHA TIN IS DEVELOPED INTO AN IDEAL NEW TOWN, YOU WILL FEEL PROUD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TAKEN PART IN ITS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

HE POINTED OUT THAT SHA TIN HAD DEVELOPED AT A FAST PACE DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, ITS POPULATION HAD INCREASED FROM A FIGURE OF 20 000 - 30 000 THREE YEARS AGO TO THE PRESENT 80 000 - 90 000 AND IT WOULD BE INCREASED TO 700 000 - 800 000 IN SEVEN YEARS' TIME.

+OWING TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK IT IS INEVITABLE THAT SOME GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE FACED

DIFFICULT PROBLEMS IN CERTAIN AREAS.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN NOTE OF THIS AND THAT IS WHY SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE UNDERGONE REGIONALISATION TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES.

+AS FAR AS THE NEW TERRITORIES IS CONCERNED, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAVE SET UP LOCAL OFFICES TO COPE WITH THE NEED OF DEVELOPMENT IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS,+ HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS, COMPRISING OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, HAD BEEN SET UP TWO YEARS AGO TO ENSURE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE COULD EXCHANGE VIEWS IN IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND THAT UNOFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES COULD POINT OUT AREAS REQUIRING IMPROVEMENTS.

SEMINAR FOR ADULT EDUCATION LECTURERS

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A SEMINAR ON TEACHING METHODS WILL BE HELD THIS SUNDAY (APRIL 20) AT SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FOR 400 PART- TIME ADULT EDUCATION LECTURERS.

THE SEMINAR WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS ALL FROM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADULT EDUCATION SECTION WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP UP WITH MODERN TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING TECHNIQUES, UPDATE SPECIALISED SKILLS, EXCHANGE VIEWS, DISCUSS PROBLEMS AND SHARE EXPERIENCES.

IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS BY SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELDS OF ENGLISH, CHINESE, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

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