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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980

ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITIONS IN MTR STATIONS

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AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI MTR STATION FROM NEXT MONDAY (NOVEMBER 17) TO NOVEMBER 24, OPENING DAILY FROM 10 AM.

THE EXHIBITION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD IN AN MTR STATION, IS PART OF THE THREE-WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS WITH THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,

MR NORMAN THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE MTR CORPORATION, MR LAI SZE-NUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND MR PETER LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS WILL OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY AT 10 AM.

THE 20-PANEL EXHIBITION GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATES THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, HOW IT AFFECTS SOCIETY AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING, WITH THE ADVICE OF ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ACAN SAID THE EXHIBITION WAS AIMED AT PRESENTING THE FACTS ABOUT THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG SO AS TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT. AS WELL AS EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND INFORMING EXISTING DRUG ADDICTS OF THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE LATER HELD AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL FOR TWO DAYS ON NOVEMBER 25 AND 26 AND THEN IN THE YAU MA TEI MTR STATION FROM NOVEMBER 27 TO DECEMBER 2.

TEACHERS MUST KEEP UP WITH WORLD HAPPENINGS *****

TEACHERS MUST KEEP UP WITH HAPPENINGS IN THE WORLD AND WITH THEIR OWN SUBJECTS IF THEY WISH TO HELP STUDENTS ADJUST TO SOCIETY, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING IN CANTONESE AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN KOWLOON.

+ONE OF THE DUTIES OF A TEACHER IS TO HELP STUDENTS ADJUST TO THE IR PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND TO LIFE AS IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS WHY A TEACHER MUST NOT LOSE TOUCH WITH THE WORLD, AND MUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY, AND AT THE SAME TIME KEEP UP WITH THEIR OWN STUDIES, MR TOPLEY SAID.

HE STRESSED THAT THE TEACHER PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN A CHILD'S EDUCATION, BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW WELL-EQUIPPED A SCHOOL WAS OR HOW CAREFULLY A CURRICULUM WAS PLANNED, WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY NEEDED WAS THE TEACHER HIMSELF, HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HIS TEACHING SKILL.

/ANOTHER ASPECT