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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1984

THEY COVER +OVER 40 COURSES ARE HELD ON WEEKDAY EVENINGS. SINGING, DANCING, MUSIC, MARTIAL ARTS, LANGUAGES, ART AND CRAFTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND BUSINESS SUBJECTS, SAID THE COURSE OFFICER OF THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION, MR TO CHO-KUNG.

+ON MONDAYS OUTSIDE SPEAKERS ARE INVITED TO GIVE TALKS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS SUCH AS FAMILY PLANNING, CONSUMER RIGHTS, LABOUR LEGISLATION AND ANTI-CORRUPTION, TO MEMBERS AT INDIVIDUAL CENTRES,+ HE SAID.

ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SEVERAL CENTRES ARE HELD ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO PROVIDE CHANCES FOR AERC MEMBERS TO MEET EACH OTHER, TO SHARE EXPERIENCE AND TO CULTIVATE A COOPERATIVE SPIRIT.

MR TO SAID PROGRAMMES IN THE AERC'S WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ENABLE MEMBERS TO FULFIL THEMSELVES IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES OF MANY KINDS, TO CULTIVATE SKILLS IN RECREATIONAL PURSUITS AND TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SELF-DISCOVERY AND SELF-EXPRESSION IN GROUPS WITH COMMON INTERESTS.

+THE AERC'S ORIGINALLY CATERED FOR WORKERS WHO LEFT SCHOOL EARLY TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES. AFTER YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION HAS BUILT ON THIS INITIAL OBJECTIVE BY ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES TO EMBRACE THE INTERESTS AND ASPIRATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WITH AGES RANGING FROM 18 TO 60.

+THIS IS BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEDICATED COMMITMENT OF OUR 'FRONTLINE WORKERS' - THE ORGANISERS, ASSISTANT ORGANISERS, HOBBY INSTRUCTORS AND VOLUNTARY HELPERS, HE SAID,

+THEY ALL DEMONSTRATE A HIGH DEGREE OF PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT, PROFESSIONALISM, AND A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IN PROMOTING THE CENTRES' ACTIVITIES, + MR TO SAID.

HE GAVE SPECIAL CREDIT TO THE 300 VOLUNTARY HELPERS WHO ARE SO KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE CENTRE'S WORK AND PLAY A DIRECT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AERC'S.

MR TO SAID THESE VOLUNTARY HELPERS WERE AMONG THOSE WHO CAME TO REALISE THE IR LEADERSHIP POTENTIALS AFTER JOINING THE AERC'S.

TO UPGRADE THE STANDARD OF ADULT EDUCATION WORKERS, CERTIFICATE COURSES ARE ORGANISED, FROM TIME TO TIME, TO EQUIP POTENTIAL ASSISTANT ORGANISERS AND VOLUNTARY HELPERS WITH EXPERTISE AND FIELD EXPERIENCE.

/+WHAT DISTINGUISHES