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SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1981

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IT WILL HOUSE A NURSERY, A SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, AS WELL AS FAMILY COUNSELLING AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK UNITS.

MR ALLEYNE DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS +AMBITIOUS AND WORTHWHILE+ AND HE FELT CONFIDENT THE SYNOD WOULD SUCCEED IN SOLICITING THE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE PROJECT A REALITY.

INDEED, HE SAID, THE SYNOD HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING WELFARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

HE NOTED THAT SERVICES NOW OPERATED BY THE SYNOD, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION, INCLUDED TWO CENTRES OFFER ING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, A CENTRE FOR THE BLIND, THREE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK UNIT.

THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE IN HO MAN TIN WILL BE NAMED THE MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE.

TEACHERS UPDATE KNOWLEDGE DURING EASTER

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RESPONSIBLE TEACHERS OFTEN DEVOTE THEIR HOLIDAYS TO UPDATING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THUS PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EDUCATION INTERFLOW WEEK AND COMMENDING THE PARTICIPANTS WHO WOULD BE SPENDING THEIR EASTER HOLIDAYS ATTENDING SEMINARS AND TALKS.

THE EDUCATION INTERFLOW WEEK IS ONE IN A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED TO MARK THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

NOTING THE BUSY PROGRAMME THAT HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE WEEK MR HAYE DREW PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE PLANNERS OF EDUCATION INTERFLOW WEEK HAD ORGANISED ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, AND THE TEACHING OF THE SPECIALISMS ON THE FIRST DAY BECAUSE GRANTHAM COLLEGE WAS OFFERING ART AND DESIGN AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT THE ADVANCED COURSE OF TEACHER EDUCATION LEVEL, AND A NEW KINDERGARTEN TEACHER COURSE STARTING THIS SEPTEMBER.

+IT IS PARTICULARLY AUSPICIOUS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AT GRANTHAM WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR+, HE SAID,

ALTHOUGH A GREAT VARIETY OF TALKS, DEMONSTRATION LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ARRANGED TO MAKE INTERFLOW WEEK AS LIVELY AND AS STIMULATING AS POSSIBLE FOR PARTICIPANTS, THE DIRECTOR FELT THAT HE SHOULD DRAW ATTENTION TO HIS UNDERLYING CONCERN THAT THE '80S OFFER A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE TO TEACHERS TO MAKE THE CLASSROOM AS ENTERTAINING A PLACE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN OF HONG KONG.

/MUCH HAD