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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1985

MEANWHILE, SEVEN ADDITIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE PLANNED BY 1993 ALTHOUGH TWO OF THEM WERE NOT YET IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME, HE SAID.

+AS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SEVEN MORE WILL BE ON STREAM BY 1993, ALTHOUGH FIVE HAVE YET TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME, + HE ADDED.

DR HAYES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS SINCERE IN THE PLANNING OF FACILITIES TO MEET ADDITIONAL DEMANDS AND EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO STUDY AT SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR OWN DISTRICT.

+THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PLANNED PROVISION OF BALANCED COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES, BUT THERE IS MORE TO A BALANCED COMMUNITY THAN THE PROVISION OF WORK, EDUCATION AND FACILITIES OF ALL KINDS,+ HE SAID.

+NEW TOWNS USUALLY HAVE PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND NEWCOMERS, AND AT TIMES THERE MIGHT BE MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN THEM, + HE ADDED.

+WE MUST BE PREPARED TO INTEGRATE, TO CO-EXIST, TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, TO MUTUALLY ACCOMMODATE, + HE SAID.

DR HAYES SAID THE BEST PLACE TO PREPARE ONESELF FOR MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION WAS IN SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN COULD LEARN TO GRASP THE IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF A HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY BY BEING COMMUNITY-MINDED, SHOWING WILLINGNESS TO MAKE FRIENDS, AND PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THE WONG SHIU CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH HAD A HISTORY OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND WAS THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-SUBS ID ISED SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAI PO COMMUNITY, SAID DR HAYES.

EARLY STUDY OF CIVIC EDUCATION CALLED FOR

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YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN ALL THEY CAN ABOUT CIVIC EDUCATION AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE SO THAT THEY AND THE COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT, DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR PETER NG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

+THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND LEARNING, YOUTHS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CITIZEN, THUS ENHANCING THEIR CIVIC SENSE AND CONCERN FOR SOCIETY, HE SAID.

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