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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1984

+ IT IS ONLY THROUGH GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF LOCAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES THAT PUPILS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT A COMMUNITY MEANS AND HOW BEST TO HELP BETTER THE IR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE IR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, MR LEUNG SAID.

HE SAID THAT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THIS EDUCATION PROCESS LAY WITHIN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS TAUGHT AND THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

IT ALSO LAY ON HOW THE SCHOOL WAS MANAGED AND HOW THE SCHOOL AND PARENTS COOPERATED TO MAKE THE SCHOOL PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE PROMOTION OF A COMMUNITY SPIRIT COULD BEST BE ACHIEVED IN A NEW COMMUNITY SUCH AS SHA TIN, WHERE NEW ESTATES WERE BUILT AND PEOPLE MOVED IN FROM ALL OVER HONG KONG,

+THE FACT THAT THEY ARE STRANGERS TO EACH OTHER IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE. IT GIVES THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER AND TO HELPING EACH OTHER TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO MANAGE MANY LOCAL AFFAIRS,+ THE DIRECTOR SAID.

HE SAID MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AREA COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN COMMUNITY LIFE IN THE NEW TOWNS, AND URGED ALL SCHOOLS TO CONSIDER HELPING IN THIS PROCESS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SERVICE.

THE SUCCESS OF A COMMUNITY DEPENDED UPON THE EFFORTS PUT INTO IT BY ALL ITS MEMBERS.

+SCHOOLS PLAY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS IN THIS PROCESS AND THIS IS WHERE CIVIC EDUCATION IS ACHIEVED, NOT THROUGH A SEPARATE SUBJECT BUT THROUGH THE ACTUAL PARTICIPATION OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE COMMUNITY, + MR LEUNG SAID.

HE PRAISED THE KIANGSU-CHEKI ANG COLLEGE IN SHA TIN FOR PROMOTING SOCIAL AND CIVIC EDUCATION.

STATUTORY HOLIDAY REMINDER

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE EITHER THE CHINESE WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL, WHICH FALLS ON DECEMBER 22. OR CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD PE APPOINTED AS A STATUTORY HOLIDAY.

HE SAID ALL MANUAL EMPLOYEES AND THOSE NON-MANUAL EM LOYEES EARNING NOT MORE THAN $8 500 A MONTH ARE ENTITLED TO THE HOLIDAY AND MUST BE PAID FOR THE DAY-OFF IF THEY HAVE WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY.

AR LIDAI FAI

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