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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1985

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EVENING COURSE FOR PART-TIME LECTURERS

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PRACTISING OR INTENDING PART-TIME TEACHERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A ONE-YEAR EVENING COURSE RUN BY THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.

THE COURSE, STARTING IN LATE SEPTEMBER, IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN EVENING PART-TIME TEACHERS ENGAGED IN FURTHER EDUCATION OR THOSE WISHING TO TAKE UP EVENING PART-TIME TEACHING.

AIMED AT RAISING THE GENERAL STANDARD OF PART-TIME TEACHING, THE COURSE PROVIDES A STUDY OF PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING.

IN ADDITION TO THEORETICAL STUDIES, EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON PRACTICAL TEACHING,

APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL OR ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND A GOOD COMMAND OF WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH,

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND CLASSES TWO EVENINGS A WEEK FOR 30 WEEKS.

APPLICATION FORMS, AVAILABLE FROM THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, 373 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI, FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 5), SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE COLLEGE BEFORE AUGUST 15,

LITTER OFFENDERS FINED MORE THAN $3.7 MILLION

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A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $3.7 MILLION IN FINES WAS COLLECTED FROM 21 312 LITTER OFFENDERS WHO WERE CHARGED BY STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

AMONG THE OFFENDERS, 2 357 WERE RECIDIVISTS, REPRESENTING JUST OVER 11 PER CENT OF THE LITTERBUGS SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

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THE HIGHEST FINE AND AVERAGE FINE FOR RECIDIVISTS DURING THE PERIOD WERE $1 000 AND $295 RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE AVERAGE FINE FOR FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS WAS $177.”

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+THESE FIGURES PROVE THAT LITTERING APART FROM BEING SELFISH AND ANTI-SOCIAL - CAN BE EXPENSIVE, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

HE CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO CULTIVATE THE HABIT OF +PUTTING IT IN THE BIN+, THEREBY KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN.

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