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MORAL TRAINING THROUGH GAMES

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SOME 2 000 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT WERE REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MORAL EDUCATION AT A CARNIVAL HELD AT THE HO LAP COLLEGE THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB, AND JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SIK SIK YUEN, THE CARNIVAL WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT THROUGH FUN AND GAMES.

+THE PURPOSE OF THE CARNIVAL IS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP VIRTUES LIKE HONESTY, COURTESY, CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS THROUGH GAMES AND EXHIBITION MATERIALS, + SAID A CYC SPOKESMAN.

A TOTAL OF 16 GAMES STALLS AND 30 EXHIBITION BOARDS WERE SET UP BY CYC MEMBERS AND PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS. WINNING ENTRIES OF A MORAL EDUCATION POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION WERE ALSO ON DISPLAY.

THE CARNIVAL WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED AT 1.30 PM BY MRS LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS MISS STELLA FAN, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (EAST), WONG TAI SIN AND MR LEE YUEN BING, DIRECTOR OF THE SIK SIK YUEN.

POLYTECHNIC STUDENT WINS DUSTBIN DESIGN PRIZE

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A 22-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WON A $1 000 CASH PRIZE FOR HIS ENTRY IN A DWELLING BOAT DUSTBIN DESIGN COMPETITION HELD RECENTLY TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

THE WINNER, MR ALAN CHIU KA-LUN, IS A FOURTH YEAR STUDENT OF THE SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

HE RECEIVED A CHEQUE TODAY (SATURDAY) FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN CLEANSING FACILITIES ACTION GROUP, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, AT A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.

THE CONTEST, WHICH FORMED PART OF A RURAL CLEANSING FACILITIES DESIGN COMPETITION, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION GROUP AND THE NTSD.

+AS THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDING A BOAT-TO-BOAT REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE IN THE TUEN MUN TYPHOON SHELTER. THE COMPETITION WAS AIMED AT DESIGNING A NEW DUSTBIN WHICH MOST SUITS THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF BOAT PEOPLE, MR CHEUNG SAID.

+THE AUTHORITY WILL CONSIDER PUTTING THE DESIGN TO USE,+ HE ADDED.

THE DESIGN IS FOR A PLASTIC DUSTBIN, WHICH CAN BE FASTENED TO THE WALL OF A BOAT BY A METAL HOOK, AND WHICH HAS A SPECIAL RUBBER COVER TO MAKE THE EMPTYING OF RUBBISH EASY AND HELP KEEP OFF THE SMELL, THE DUSTBIN WILL ALSO HAVE A DEVICE TO KEEP IT AFLOAT IN CASE IT FALLS INTO THE SEA.

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