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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1983

MR HAYE SAID THAT THERE WERE +VERY FEW

MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG PRIVATE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION WHICH HAD PARENT/TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS AND WHICH ENCOURAGED THEIR TEACHERS TO VISIT PARENTS TO DISCUSS PUPIL PROBLEMS OR INVITED PARENTS TO COME IN TO TALK ABOUT THEM.

THERE WERE MANY WAYS OF INVOLVING PARENTS IN SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES, ONE OF WHICH IS TO HAVE PARENTS HELP WITH EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

MR HAYE SAID: WE KNOW THAT PARENTS ARE SOMETIMES VERY GENEROUS DONORS BUT THEY CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO SEE HOW THEIR DONATIONS ARE SPENT. AND PARENTS WHO CANNOT GIVE MONEY MAY HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GIVE IF ONLY THEY ARE ENCOURAGED.+

SUPPORT URGED FOR +SAFETY AT WORK+ PROGRAMME

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EMPLOYERS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES WERE URGED TODAY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY AT WORK SERIES III TELEVISION PROGRAMME BY SENDING WORKERS TO TAKE PART IN. IT.

IN VIEW OF THE SUCCESS AND POPULARITY OF THE FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF THE SAFETY AT WORK+ TV PROGRAMME, A NEW PROGRAMME FORMAT AND NEW IDEAS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE THIRD SERIES TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

THE PROGRAMME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, AND CO-SPONSORED BY SHUI ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, IS AIMED AT PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AMONG WORKERS.

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A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROGRAMME WOULD CONSIST OF 13 HALF-HOUR EPISODES THE FIRST NINE EPISODE WOULD BE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS, THE 10TH TO 12TH EPISODES SEMI-FINALS, AND THE 13TH EPISODE WILL BE GRAND FINAL.

TWENTY-SEVEN TEAMS FROM BOTH THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES ARE NEEDED TO TAKE PART IN THE 13 EPISODES.

THE TEAMS, EACH COMPRISING FIVE CONTESTANTS AND 20 +SUPPORTERS+ WOULD BE GROUPED IN EACH OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS IN THE COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER. THE NINE WINNING TEAMS OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS WOULD THEN COMPETE FOR THREE PLACES IN THE SEMI-FINALS,

THE THREE FINALISTS WILL THEN COMPETE FOR THE HONOUR OF OVERALL WINNER IN THE GRAND FINAL WHICH WOULD BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON SEPTEMBER 28.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLICITY UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN LEE GARDENS, THE DEADLINE FOR RETURNING THE APPLICATION FORM IS JUNE 20, 1983, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 5-7907020.

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