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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1987

ENGLISH-SPEAKING CLUB IN TSUEN WAN A FIRST FOR POLICE

TSUEN WAN POLICE STATION HAS BECOME THE FIRST STATION ESTABLISH AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLUB. A ROOM FOR TEACHING ENGLISH OPENED RECENTLY BY MR. HUI CHIU-YIN, DISTRICT COMMANDER.

THE AIM IS TO IMPROVE POTENTIAL

TO

WAS

OFFICERS * FLUENCY IN THE

LANGUAGE.

MR. HUI SAID HE BECAME AWARE OF SUCH A NEED WHILE SERVING AS DEPUTY COMMANDANT OF THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL LAST YEAR. AT THE TIME, HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE POTENTIAL OFFICERS SELECTION BOARD.

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IN INTERVIEWS I FOUND SOME OFFICERS SPENT A FEW HUNDRED OR EVEN A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO JOIN AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLUB IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PRACTISE THEIR ENGLISH.

"BUT THESE CLUBS REALLY ONLY ENABLED PEOPLE ΤΟ TALK WITHOUT GIVING CONSTRUCTIVE GUIDANCE.'

"IT WAS SUGGESTED SOME FORM OF CLUB BE SET UP WITHIN THE FORCE AND IT WAS FELT THIS COULD BEST BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY AT DISTRICT OR DIVISION LEVEL.

MR. HUI DID NOT FORGET THIS WHEN HE MOVED ΤΟ TSUEN WAN AS DISTRICT COMMANDER.

SIX OFFICERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE TUTORS IN THEIR SPARE TIME AND ALREADY HAVE 30 INTENDING "STUDENTS. HOWEVER, ONLY TEN CANDIDATES CAN BE ACCEPTED INITIALLY BECAUSE OF SPACE AND TUTOR CONSTRAINTS.

THE CLUB'S ROOM WAS PREVIOUSLY THE TELEVISION ROOM IN THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS' CANTEEN.

LESSONS WILL BE GIVEN EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE IMPROMPTU TALKS, LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS AND RESEARCH INTO MATTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST.

"THIS CLUR WILL SUIT OUR NEEDS, SAID MR. HUI. "THE SUBJECTS ARE GENERALLY RELATED TO POLICE WORK AND CURRENT TOPICS AND THE WHOLE EXERCISE WILL BENEFIT JUNIOR OFFICERS AS THEY PREPARE FOR PROMOTION."

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