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HE SAID MORE CAREERS SHOWS WOULD BE STAGED AT EDINBURGH PLACE BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND WEDNESDAY, BY KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY ON THURSDAY, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON SATURDAY AND THE POLICE ON SUNDAY.
THE CENTRE WOULD GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION CRAFT SUCH AS BRICK-LAYING AND CARPENTRY.
THE EXHIBITION OPENS IN THE EXHIBITION HALL FROM 9.30 AM TO 6.30 PM DAILY UNTIL DECEMBER 1.
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN *****
THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION FORESAW THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING FORMAL EDUCATION FOR FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN AS LONG AS 30 YEARS AGO, UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR ALLEN LEE SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE FMO SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.
THE FMO CURRENTLY HAS 13 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF MORE THAN 3 900 PUPILS, MR LEE SAID.
+WHAT IS MORE ENCOURAGING IS THAT SINCE 1978, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM A THREE-YEAR PRACTICAL SCHOOL TO A FIVE-YEAR TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND WILL PROVIDE SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN 1983, HE SAID.
HE ATTRIBUTED THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOLS TO THE EFFORTS OF THOSE CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION FOR THE FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN. THIS AT THE SAME TIME REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLACED ON THIS FIELD, MR LEE SAID.
MR LEE ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHER FES, MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN PRESENTED FMO SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE PUPILS.
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