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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1986

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CLOSURE ORDER SOUGHT

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY IS SEEKING THE CLOSURE OF TWO ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT FLAT B, FIFTH FLOOR, 97 HAU WONG ROAD, KOWLOON CITY, AND ON THE ROOF OVER THE FLAT SO THAT THE STRUCTURES CAN BE DEMOLISHED.

THIS FOLLOWS THE OWNERS' FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER ISSUED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE IN DECEMBER, 1982 REQUIRING DEMOLITION OF THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES.

A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER FROM THE KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON MARCH 25 WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURES TODAY (TUESDAY).

DEMOLITION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY THE CLOSURE ORDER IS GRANTED.

SEMINAR ON EFFECTIVENESS OF RETRAINING COURSES

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MORE THAN 100 PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RETRAINING COURSES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON SATURDAY (MARCH 1).

ORGANISED BY THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT ITS ANNEXE AT ARGYLE CENTRE, STAGE ONE, 688 NATHAN ROAD, 19TH FLOOR, MONG KOK.

THE COLLEGE ANNUALLY RUNS FOUR FULL-TIME RETRAINING COURSES FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS WITH MORE THAN FIVE YEARS' TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

THE EIGHT-WEEK COURSES AIM TO ACQUAINT SERVING TEACHERS WITH MODERN METHODS AND APPROACHES IN TEACHING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN THE USE OF RESOURCES AND NEW CONCEPTS IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE AND IS DESIGNED TO HELP TEACHERS DEVELOP MODERN METHODS IN PROGRAMMED LEARNING, TEAM TEACHING, REMEDIAL TEACHING, MIXED ABILITY GROUPING AND THE ACTIVITY APPROACH,

AT THE SEMINAR, SCHOOL HEADS CAN GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON RETRAINING COURSES FOR THEIR TEACHERS AND PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE COURSES, AND ON HOW TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITY APPROACH IN SCHOOLS.

PRINCIPAL OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MR PUN WANG-KEUNG, AND VICE-PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE, MR FOK PO-NAM, WILL ADDRESS THE GATHERING AT THE OPENING AND CONCLUSION OF THE COURSE.

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