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NOTE TO EDITORS.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1983

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GOVERNOR TO OPEN TUEN MUN FESTIVAL

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT FESTIVAL AND THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CEREMONIES WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 4.45 PM AT THE YAN OF TONG COMPLEX FACING LUK YUEN STREET AT ITS JUNCTION WITH TUEN MUN HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD.

GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE FOR TUEN MUN AT 3.15 PM SHARP FROM THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE ADVISED TO BRING ALONG TELELENSE.

MORE TEACHERS BEING TRAINED

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THE GOVERNMENT'S VARIOUS PLANS TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFULLY PUT INTO OPERATION WITH THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TEACHERS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

IN THIS RESPECT, MR HAYE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN A NUMBER OF POSITIVE STEPS TO TRAIN MORE QUALIFIED TEACHERS.

+THESE STEPS INCLUDE THE LARGE INCREASE IN ENROLMENTS IN THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE COLLEGES' CURRICULUM IN TEACHER EDUCATION AND AN EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD OF TRAINING FOR TEACHER TRAINEES, HE SAID.

MR HAYE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SHA TIN ANNEXE OF SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT YUEN CHAU KOK.

HE SAID THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NOW OFFERED A LARGE VAR LETY OF FULL AND PART-TIME COURSES,

+THE PERIOD OF FULL-TIME TRAINING HAD BEEN EXTENDED FROM THE ORIGINAL ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME INITIAL TRAINING COURSES FOR FORM 5 GRADUATES TO THE PRESENT THREE-YEAR COURSES FOR FORM 5 GRADUATES AND TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME COURSES FOR MATRICULANTS, HE NOTED.

MR HAYE ADDED THAT IN SEPTEMBER, 1981, A DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. THIS IS THE ONLY COLLEGE WHICH OFFERS A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME IN-SERVICE COURSE OF TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.

/+THIS DEPARTMENT