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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1982

TEACHERS LEARN ABOUT RE-DEMARCATION OF EDUCATION AREAS

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TEACHERS FROM MORE THAN 900 AIDED SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS TODAY (TUESDAY) TOOK PART IN SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH STAFF OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON TOPICS OF INTEREST.

APART FROM DISCUSSING TOPICS RAISED BY THE TEACHERS THEMSELVES, THE TEACHERS WERE ALSO INFORMED OF THE RECENT RE- DEMARCATION OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NEW TERRITORIES INTO THREE AND FIVE EDUCATIONAL AREAS RESPECTIVELY WHICH IS AIMED AT IMPROVING SERVICES AND COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOLS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

THE TEACHERS WERE TOLD THAT UNDER THE RE-DEMARCATION, EACH AREA WILL BE UNDER THE CHARGE OF A SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER. THIS WILL BE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO EDUCATIONAL DISTRICTS EACH UNDER THE CHARGE OF A DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER.

KOWLOON HAD BEEN RE-DEMARCATED INTO SIX AREAS EARLY LAST YEAR AS A PILOT SCHEME, AND THE RE-DEMARCATION OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NEW TERRITORIES FOLLOWED AFTER THIS SCHEME PROVED TO BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.

THE PURPOSE OF THE RE-DEMARCATION IS NOT ONLY TO ENABLE EACH EDUCATIONAL AREA TO COINCIDE WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY DISTRICTS, BUT ALSO TO FACILITATE BETTER CO-ORDINATION AND PLANNING BETWEEN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN EACH CITY DISTRICT.

SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT REGIONAL OFFICERS AT THEIR OFFICES FOR DISCUSSION OF ANY MATTERS, PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL, ABOUT WHICH THEY FEEL CONCERNED OR ANXIOUS.

THE REGIONAL OFFICERS WILL BE SETTING ASIDE SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTATION WITH SCHOOL STAFF.

HOWEVER, IT WAS EMPHASISED AT THE DISCUSSION THAT THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WERE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT AND NOT TO REPLACE THE NORMAL CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION WHICH IS THROUGH THE HEADS OF SCHOOLS.

KMB NO. 10 TO BE RE-ROUTED

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KOWLOON MOTOR BUS NO. 10 FROM CHOI WAN TO TAI KOK TSUI FERRY WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM THURSDAY (APRIL 1).

THEY WILL USE CHOI HUNG ROAD, SHATIN PASS ROAD, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, JUNCTION ROAD, DUMBARTON ROAD, GRAMPIAN ROAD AND NGA TSIN WAI ROAD ON JOURNEYS TO TAI KOK TSUI FERRY.

MEANWHILE, TRAFFIC AT BREEZY PATH IN THE MID-LEVELS WILL BE TEMPORARILY RE-ROUTED ONE WAY UP-HILL FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 31) FOR REPAIRS TO SEWAGE PIPES, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

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