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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 195C

PRINCIPALS MUST SUPERVISE AMOUNT OF HOMEWORK

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED HEADS OF SCHOOLS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPERVISE AND REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF HOMEWORK SET AT ALL LEVELS OF THEIR SCHOOLS.

THEY WERE ASKED IN A CIRCULAR TO EXERCISE PROPER CONTROL OVER THE HOMEWORK BEING SET BY ARRANGING FOR A HOMEWORK TIMETABLE FOR EACH CLASS, TO ENSURE AN EVEN SPREAD OF HOMEWORK OVER THE WEEK AND A BALANCED COVERAGE OF SUBJECTS.

DUE RECOGNITION SHOULD BE GIVEN AT ALL TIMES TO THE AGE AND ABILITIES OF THE PUPILS.

+HOMEWORK SHOULD NOT BE SET MERELY FOR THE SAKE OF SETTING HOMEWORK BUT SHOULD BE AIMED AT A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE.

+ IT SHOULD BE PLANNED AND SET TO COMPLEMENT AND REINFORCE THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE CLASSROOM, THE CIRCULAR STATED.

MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVISE AND ASSIST SCHOOLS ON HOMEWORK AND, DURING THE IR VISITS TO SCHOOLS, WILL NOTE THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF HOMEWORK BEING SET IS APPROPRIATE TO THE PUPILS.

EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO FIREMEN

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A 66-YEAR-OLD COOK WHO WAS MOVED BY THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A FIRE OFFICER TODAY WALKED INTO THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND PRESENTED $100 TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WELFARE FUND.

THE LATE ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER OF KOWLOON WEST, MR LEUNG SHIU-KAY, 33, DIED LAST NIGHT AFTER LEADING A GROUP OF FIREMEN INTO THE FIRE WHICH AFFECTED A MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TUNNEL IN CHEUNG SHA WAN,

HE WAS BROUGHT OUT OF THE TUNNEL UNCONSCIOUS BY HIS COLLEAGUES AND WAS FOUND TO BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.

THE COOK MR MAK KANG, SAID HIS DONATION WAS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ITS ROLE IN SAVING LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS MORNING'S DONATION WAS NOT THE FIRST BY MR MAK. HE MADE THREE PREVIOUS CASH DONATIONS TO THE SERVICE.

+ AM JUST AN ORDINARY WORKER AND I HOPE THE $100 WILL BE OF HELP IN SOME LITTLE WAY, MR MAK SAID WHEN PRESENTING THE MONEY TO HONG KONG COMMAND'S CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR L. WORRALLO.

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