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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1983

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REMEDIAL TEACHING SERVICE A SUCCESS

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GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE RESPONDED FAVOURABLY TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CALL TO PROVIDE A REMEDIAL TEACHING SERVICE FOR THE LESS ABLE PUPILS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR LEUNG, WHO WAS ADDRESSING HEADS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG (SOUTH AND NORTH) AREAS AT A LUNCHEON MEETING, SAID THAT AN INITIAL REVIEW SHOWED THAT RESULTS HAD BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING.

APART FROM ISSUING GUIDELINES TO SCHOOLS ON THE POSSIBLE MODES OF CONDUCTING REMEDIAL TEACHING, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALLOWED SCHOOLS GREAT FLEXIBILITY TO EXPERIMENT WITH OTHER APPROACHES SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND THESE HAD PROVED TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL.

THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO HELD SEMINARS FOR SCHOOL HEADS AND CONDUCTED CONSULTATIONS WITH SCHOOL MANAGEMENTS AND TEACHER ORGANISATIONS TO HELP PROMOTE THE SERVICE AND IN HELPING SCHOOLS WITH ANY PROBLEMS.

MR LEUNG SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SERVICE AND CARRY OUT REGULAR REVIEWS TO BRING ABOUT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

GOOD HEALTH POSTER DESIGN AND SLOGAN CONTEST

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SOME 300 YOUNGSTERS HAVE ALREADY SENT IN THEIR ENTRIES FOR THE GOOD HEALTH POSTER DESIGN AND SLOGAN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND MANY MORE ENTRIES ARE EXPECTED.

THE COMPETITION, AIMED AT ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO DEVELOP GOOD HEALTH HABITS, IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGN ON PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT DESCRIBED THE RESPONSE AS ENCOURAGING, AND SAID ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SENT IN BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE ON APRIL 30.

THE DESIGN MUST SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL IN THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.