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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1985

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OPEN MEETINGS FOR LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE

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FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL BE HELD IN PUBLIC.

THIS WAS AGREED AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE WHICH IS CHAIRED BY MR JOSEPH CHAN, WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 25.

COMMENTING ON THE DECISION TO OPEN UP THE SELECT COMMITTEE'S DELIBERATIONS, A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID: THIS IS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS OF PUTTING THE PUBLIC MORE FULLY IN THE PICTURE CONCERNING THE COUNCIL'S DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES.

+ALREADY THE MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING OF THE COUNCIL IS HELD UNDER A NEW FORMAT WHEREBY MUCH OF THE BUSINESS FORMERLY DISCUSSED BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE IS NOW DEBATED AND DECIDED UPON IN PUBLIC.+

ACTIVITY APPROACH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON DISPLAY ******

A DISPLAY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES SUITABLE FOR USE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ADOPTING THE ACTIVITY APPROACH WILL BE HELD AT NINE REGIONAL CENTRES BETWEEN TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AND JUNE 7 (FRIDAY),

THE 1985 ACTIVITY APPROACH EXHIBITION, PREPARED BY 133 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM TOMORROW AND FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT PROVIDING SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS WITH INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITY APPROACH AND PROMOTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE APPROACH BY THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY THE PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.

NOT ONLY WILL INFORMATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITY APPROACH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS BE ON DISPLAY AT THE CENTRES BUT ALSO SOURCE MATERIAL AND SELECTED WORK BY STUDENTS,

/IN ADDITION,