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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1yo

+TO TEACH ACTIVITIES OF A MORE HAZARDOUS NATURE SUCH AS CANOEING, SAILING AND TRAMPOLINING, THE TEACHER IS REQUIRED TO POSSESS A SPECIFIC QUALIFICATION SO THAT HE IS ABLE TO GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THE SAFEST MANNER, IT ADDS.

THE HANDBOOK ALSO DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE SPECIFIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES REGARDING ATHLETICS, CANOEING, SAILING, GYMNASTICS, TRAMPOLINING, EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS, HIKING, EXPEDITION ING AND SWIMMING.

+ THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGESTED IN THE HANDBOOK, HOWEVER, ARE NOT HARD AND FAST RULES. TEACHERS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION SHOULD TAKE THEIR OWN PRECAUTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE ADDED THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING SMALLER CHILDREN NEED MORE GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION, AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT IN THE EARLY LEARNING STAGES.

PARENTS ARE ALSO URGED TO INFORM SCHOOL PROMPTLY IF THEIR CHILDREN NEED TO BE EXEMPTED FROM PARTICIPATING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSONS FOR ANY REASONS.

THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASIZSED THAT PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS PART OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND THEREFORE ANY REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY A RECOGNISED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. THIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE SHOULD ALSO INDICATE THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH EXEMPTION IS NECESSARY, HE SAID.

+ALL STUDENTS EXEMPTED FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSONS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN ANY SUCH LESSONS UNTIL THE EXEMPTION PERIOD IS OVER AND A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM PARENTS IS RECEIVED, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTING IN TSUEN WAN

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GLITTERING LIGHTS AND CHRISTMAS CAROLS BY A CHILDREN'S CHOIR FILLED THE AIR OF TSUEN WAN THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING FOLLOWING A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY BY MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

SOME 6 000 COLOURFUL LIGHT BULBS, GARLANDS AND BANNERS OF SEASON'S GREETINGS. DECORATED THE AREAS ALONG TAI HO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD AS WELL AS THE TWO ROUNDABOUTS AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND OUTSIDE THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WHERE THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WAS HELD.

FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THE TWO-KILOMETRE-LONG FESTIVE LIGHTING WILL BE ON BETWEEN 5 PM AND 1 AM EVERY NIGHT, AND UNTIL 3 AM ON CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S EVES.

/THE FESTIVE