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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1981

HONG KONG'S RECORD IN RELATION TO NARCOTICS WAS GENERALLY A GOOD ONE.

+DURING THE LAST DECADE WE SAW THE REDUCTION OF THE PROBLEM TO AT LEAST MANAGEABLE PROPORTIONS, AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO BE DEALT WITH COMPETENTLY NOT ONLY IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT BY THE CUSTOMS AND POLICE BUT IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, PREVENTION, REHABILITATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SOCIAL SCENE, HE SAID.

+ IN THIS, THE GOVERNMENT TAKES THE LEAD BUT ITS EFFORTS ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY A NUMBER OF WORTHY PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.+

TEACH BY EXAMPLE FOR MORAL GUIDANCE, EDUCATORS URGED

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+DO AS I DO, NOT AS I SAY+ SHOULD BE THE MOTTO OF MORAL EDUCATORS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE SHENG KUNG HUI TANG SKIU KIN SECONDARY SCHOOL.

THE DIRECTOR AGREED WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL, THE REV PAUL TONG, THAT SCHOOLS DO HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN THE MOR AL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD.

+BUT EXAMPLE IS MORE COMPELLING THAN PRECEPT. CHILDREN IN SCHOOL LOOK TO THE IR TEACHERS FOR GUIDANCE AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION MUST BE THE PERSONAL EXAMPLE OF OUR TEACHERS,+ MR HAYE SAID.

MR HAYE SAID THAT THE KEY TO ANY MORAL LIFE MUST BE COMPASSION AND LOVE FOR OTHERS. UNLESS THERE WAS THE MOST ELEMENTARY CONSIDERATION OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, THERE COULD BE NO MORALITY,

+ALL THE GREAT PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS ARE FOUNDED ON COMPASSION,+ MR HAYE DECLARED.

HE ADDED THAT RESPECT FOR THE LAW SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON FEAR.

+WE SHOULD OBEY LAWS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE MADE TO BENEFIT SOCIETY. GOOD SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING THEREFORE SHOULD EXPLAIN THE INSTITUTIONS WHICH UPHOLD OUR SOCIETY, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

MR HAYE ALSO CONGRATULATED THE SCHOOL ON ITS RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME WHICH, HE SAID, WAS CLOSELY GEARED TO MORAL EDUCATION.

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