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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1981

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GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOLS ON MORAL EDUCATION

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CONCERN EXPRESSED BY COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT AN APPARENT EROSION OF TRADITIONAL SOCIAL VALUES HAS RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF GENERAL GUIDELINES ON MORAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.

THE GUIDELINES, COPIES OF WHICH WERE SENT TO ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TODAY, WERE DRAWN UP BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON THE ADVICE OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

IN A COVERING LETTER TO HEADS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID THAT HE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE GUIDELINES, AND WENT ON TO SAYI

+YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH DESCRIBING WHY MORAL EDUCATION IS NECESSARY, WITH EXPLAINING WHAT WE THINK MORAL EDUCATION IS, WITH FACING DIFFICULTIES ARISING FROM A CONFUSION OF VALUES AND POINTS OF VIEW, AND WITH TRANSLATING GENERAL CONCEPTS INTO SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES OF ACTION.

+WE HAVE TRIED NOT TO BE DOGMATIC BECAUSE WE, LIKE YOU, DO NOT BELIEVE MORAL EDUCATION CAN BE TAUGHT AS A CLASSROOM SUBJECT= BUT WE HAVE SUGGESTED POSITIVE ACTION IN THE GUIDING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, IN THE INCULCATION OF SOCIAL AND MORAL VALUES, AND IN TAKING EVERY DIRECT AND INDIRECT OPPORTUNITY OFFERED BY A DIVERSE CURRICULUM TO POINT TO THE GOOD, THE VIRTUOUS, THE WORTHY AND THE DESIRABLE IN PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.+

TEACHERS, HE ADDED, WERE FREE TO ADAPT THESE GUIDELINES AS THEY SAW FIT BUT THEY WERE URGED TO KEEP IN MIND THE NEED TO ADOPT AN ACTIVE AND POSITIVE APPROACH.

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TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ON BOAT TOUR

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A BOAT TOUR ALONG THE COASTLINE OF TUEN MUN WAS ORGANISED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE FOR 30 MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS SIX SUB-COMMITTEES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, THE MEMBERS WERE GIVEN A RUN-DOWN ON THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN.

THESE INCLUDE PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THE TAP SHEK KOK POWER GENERATING PLANT THE NEW ROADWORK AT LUNG KWU TAN- A HOUSING ESTATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT BUTTERFLY BAY- AND THE PROPOSED FERRY PIER IN CASTLE PEAK BAY WHICH, ON COMPLETION, WILL PROVIDE A ROUTE TO CENTRAL AND ANOTHER TO MEI FOO.

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