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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1981

MR LAI SAID PREPARATIONS WERE WELL UNDERWAY WITH LAND PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND LAYOUT PLANS APPROVED.

THE HOSPITAL ITSELF HAD RAISED $1.5 MILLION AND WOULD SEEK A GRANT FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND.

THE NEW HOME WOULD CARE FOR 150 OLD PEOPLE.

THE PROJECT REPRESENTS THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY THE HOSPITAL TO EXTEND ITS WORK INTO WELFARE SERVICES IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES TO MEET GROWING NEEDS.

MR ALLEYNE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK DONE BY THE HOSPITAL DIRECTORS AND ASSURED THEM OF CONTINUED SUPPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER

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ANYONE WITH COURAGE, WIT AND APPLICATION CAN THINK AND SPEAK TO BETTER PURPOSE, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON, HE SAIDs +WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GIFT OF THE GAB IS REALLY THE PRODUCT OF CAREFUL PREPARATION AND THE APPLICATION OF SIMPLE TECHNIQUES IN SPEAKING. +

PUBLIC SPEAKING IS AN EXTENSION OF PRIVATE CONVERSATION AMOUNTING TO THE ABILITY TO STAND UP, SPEAK UP AND SHUT UP, MR HAYE SAID,

BUT THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS PREPARATION, INVOLVING AUDIENCE RESEARCH, CHOICE OF SUBJECT, DRAFTING AND PRACTICE IN PRESENTATION.

QUOTING SOMERSET MAUGHAM ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY, MR HAYE SAID: +ANY DAMNED FOOL CAN STAND UP AND BORE PEOPLE FOR 20 MINUTES, BUT IT MAY TAKE TWO MONTHS TO PREPARE A TELLING TWO MINUTES.+

THE TOOLS OF THE EFFECTIVE CONVERSATIONAL IST AND PUBLIC SPEAKER ARE HIS APPEARANCE, VOICE, EYES AND GESTURES, AND THESE CAN BE ADAPTED TO THE OCCASION, HE SAID.

TECHNIQUE IS A MATTER OF COMMON SENSE AND APPLICATION, AND APPARENTLY EFFORTLESS ART IS THE PRODUCT OF EXPERIENCE.

CITING SAMUEL SMILES AS THE APOSTLE OF SELF-HELP, MR HAYE WENT ON TO DESCRIBE DALE CARNEGIE, RALPH SMODLEY AND ERNEST INE WHITE AS PRACTITIONERS WHO HAD BROUGHT THE GOSPEL TO MILLIONS IN THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH PROGRAMMES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN GROUPS OF LIKE-MINDED ENTHUSIASTS AND SERVICE CLUBS SUCH AS THE TOASTMASTERS,

+THE GIFT OF THE GAB IS WITHIN THE REACH OF THE AVERAGE MAN AND WOMAN. ALL THEY NEED IS THE COURAGE TO GRAB, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

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