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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1982

ADULT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT MEANS OF ADVANCEMENT

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TOPLEY

ADULT EDUCATION IS A VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT MEANS OF ADVANCEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR KEN TOPLEY SAID AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE CARITAS ADULT EDUCATION WEEK TODAY (SATURDAY).

+ADULT EDUCATION MAY BE CALLED SECOND CHANCE EDUCATION, BUT IT IS BY NO MEANS SECOND CLASS EDUCATION. THIS IS BECAUSE THIS FORM OF VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION IS SOUGHT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE DETERMINED TO SUCCEED AND WHO ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SACRIFICES, HE SAID, ADDING THAT MOTIVATION WAS ONE OF THE REAL STRENGTHS OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

HE POINTED OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IN SWEDEN ONLY 18 PER CENT OF UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES ARE UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE AND SAID THAT THE MAJORITY THEREFORE ARE FIRST-CLASS STUDENTS WHO SEEK A FORM OF EDUCATION WHICH THEY DESIRE, AT AN AGE WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO REALISE ITS FULL VALUE.

MR TOPLEY PRAISED THE WORK OF CARITAS CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION SERVICE AND ITS CO-ORDINATOR, MISS THERESE SHAK, AND EMPHASIZED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING, AND HELPING TO PROVIDE, ADULT EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

SAFER WINTER FOR TAI SHING VILLAGERS

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SOME 800 SQUATTER FAMILIES LIVING IN TAI SHING VILLAGE, SAU MAU PING, WILL ENJOY A SAFER AND WARMER WINTER THIS YEAR FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF AN ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME.

THE SCHEME, INITIATED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, COSTS EACH OF THE FAMILIES LESS THAN $500.

FOR THIS OUTLAY. THEY HAVE REMOVED THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY TAPPING AND WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THEIR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.

TO MARK THE INSTALLATION OF STANDARD ELECTRICAL METERS AND WIRING COVERING 80 PER CENT OF THE VILLAGERS, THE KWUN TONG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ARTHUR NG, WILL PERFORM A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT 10.30 AM.

ALSO PRESENT WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE POWER COMPANY AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

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