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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1983

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SCHOOLS URGED TO FOLLOW RAIMONDI MODEL

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RAIMONDI COLLEGE IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT MORAL CHARACTER WITHOUT OBTRUSIVE RELIGIOUS OVERTONES, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE SCHOOL'S ANNUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY, WHICH ALSO COINCIDED WITH RAIMONDI'S SILVER JUBILEE YEAR, MR HAYE SAID THE RAIMONDI PROGRAMME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT CHARACTER SERVED AS A MODEL WHICH HE WOULD URGE MANY OTHER SCHOOLS TO STUDY AND FOLLOW.

+WHAT RAIMONDI PUPILS LEARN HERE REMAINS WITH THEM AFTER THEY LEAVE SCHOOL, WHEN THEY ENTER THE ADULT WORLD AS WELL-COORDINATED YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A STRONG MORAL COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, KE SAID.

MR HAYE NOTED THAT RELIGION IN RAIMONDI IS LARGELY A MATTER OF EXAMPLE. SIMILARLY, MORALITY IS TAUGHT NOT CAUGHT AT EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

+MORAL EDUCATION PERMEATES THE CURRICULUM AND EVERY ACTIVITY AT RAIMOND! SO THAT THE BOYS WHO ARE LUCKY TO STUDY HERE ABSORB RESPECT FOR MORAL VALUES WHICH WILL SERVE THEM WELL THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES,+ MR HAYE SAID.

THE DIRECTOR ALSO COMMENDED FATHER CARRA ON HIS METHOD IN DEALING WITH POTENTIAL DELINQUENTS.

+HE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE EARLIEST LESSONS HE HAD LEARNED WAS THE NEED TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH PARENTS, AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS IN OUR EDUCATION SCENE CAME INTO BEING IN 1966.

+HERE AGAIN IS AN EXAMPLE I WISH MANY MORE SCHOOLS WOULD FOLLOW,+ MR HAYE SAID.

CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES WERE PRESENTED TO STUDENTS BY MRS GLORIA HAYE, WIFE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

SCOUT GROUPS PLANNED FOR HOUSING ESTATES

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THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING TO EXTEND ITS MOVEMENT TO DENSELY-POPULATED HOUSING ESTATES BY FORMING SIX NEW SCOUT GROUPS THERE EACH YEAR, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIOGHAM, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG SCOUT ASSOCIATION'S PAFFLE DRAW TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

THERE ARE

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