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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1984

AS FOR THE INFORMAL CURRICULUM, INCLUDING EXTRA-CURRICULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES, THERE WAS GROWING RECOGNITION IN HONG KONG THAT THESE OFFERED STUDENTS PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENSHIP.

AS EXAMPLES, MR LEUNG LISTED SUCH WELL-ESTABLISHED ORGANISATIONS AS THE GUIDES, SCOUTS, ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, JUNIOR POLICE CALL, THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB.

THE THIRD CONCERN WAS THE +ETHOS+ OF THE SCHOOL, WHICH WAS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY THE RELATIONSHIPS EXISTING BETWEEN SCHOOL MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PUPILS AND SUPPORTING STAFF, AS WELL AS PARENTS.

+ IN LEARNING ABOUT THE GIVE-AND-TAKE OF LIFE, OF SENSIBLE WAYS OF LIVING, OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES, PUPILS GAIN MORE FROM ACTUAL SCHOOL LIFE THAN FROM MERE BOOK LEARNING. WHAT SCHOOLS CAN AND OUGHT TO DO IN THIS RESPECT IS WORTH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, FOR IT IS IN THE CORPORATE LIFE OF THE SCHOOL THAT ITS ESSENTIAL CHARACTER LIES,+ HE SAID.

MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS CONSULTING THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON THE PROPOSED APPROACH TO CIVIC EDUCATION AND WAS PREPARING GUIDELINES AND TEACHING MATERIALS TO SUPPORT IT.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY HEADS AT THE SEMINAR WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE IN THIS PREPARATORY WORK, HE SAID.

CLEAR INSTRUCTION ON WORK METHODS URGED *****

FACTORY PROPRIETORS WERE REMINDED TODAY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THAT THEY MUST ENSURE THAT CLEAR AND ADEQUATE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN TO WORKERS ON JOB METHODS.

THIS WAS ESPECIALLY ESSENTIAL WHERE CHEMICALS WERE HANDLED AND USED AND WHEN WORKERS WITH LANGUAGE BARRIER WERE INVOLVED, A SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE FOLLOWING A RECENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT IN WHICH A VIETNAMESE WORKER WAS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CYANIDE GAS.

THE GAS HAD BEEN GENERATED WHEN CERTAIN CHEMICALS WERE WRONGLY MIXED AS A RESULT OF HIS PERSONAL IGNORANCE OF THE SUBSTANCES BEING HANDLED AND THE LACK OF PROPER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SUPERVISOR.

/THE SPOKESMAN