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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980

DURING THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT'S THREE-WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES INCLUDING A MASS WALKATHON, EXHIBITIONS, FILM SHOWS, A FOLK DANCE SHOW, SCHOOL TALKS, CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS SOCCER AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS FOR OVER 200 000 RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION, PUBLICITY MATERIALS INCLUDING BANNERS, POSTERS AND PRESS RELEASES ARE BEING USED TO BRING HOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES.

TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A COLOURFUL VARIETY SHOW ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING THE PARK.

THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, WAS FORMED SIX MONTHS AGO TO COORDINATE AND PREPARE THE SERIES OF CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.

GOVERNMENT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE

TO ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

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TREMENDOUS EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE BY BOTH GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATURE STUDENTS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATION OF THE CARITÁS CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION SERVICE AT CITY HALL.

HE POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE

TO ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION.

THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF FORMAL COURSES AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS WHO WISHED TO FURTHER THE IR EDUCATION IN THE EVENING.

THROUGH ITS 15 CENTRES AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION ORGANISED CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO STIMULATÉ INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, TO CULTIVATE CREATIVE ABILITY AND TO DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL TALENTS, HE ADDED.

MR HENDERSON SAID THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED LAST SEPTEMBER A SCHEME OF SUBVENTION FOR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHICH ORGANISED +RETRIEVAL EDUCATION COURSES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF A STRONG FORMAL EDUCATION.

A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF $650 000 HAD BEEN APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT FOR GRANTS TOWARDS 12 ORGANISATIONS ADULT EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR.

/A GREAT

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