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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988

IN

THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO SAW STUDENT TEACHERS PARTICIPATING ACTIVITIES IN THE HOME ECONOMICS ROOM, THE GYMNASIUM, THE COMPUTER ROOM, THE TWO LANGUAGE LABORATORIES AND THE SCIENCE LABORATORY.

BEFORE HE LEFT, SIR DAVID MET REPRESENTATIVES OF LECTURERS AT A TEA RECEPTION.

STUDENTS AND

NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS THE OLDEST OF THE FOUR

BY COLLEGES OF EDUCATION RUN

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. SINCE 1TS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1939, THE COLLEGE HAS PRODUCED MORE THAN 12,000 QUALIFIED TEACHERS FOR SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.

CHINESE DELEGATION VISITING HK

AT THE INVITATION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE STATE COUNCIL OFFICIALS, LED BY THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, MR ZHENG WEIRONG, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR A FAMILIARISATION VISIT.

THE PROGRAMME WILL LAST FOR A WERK AND WILL INCLUDE GENERAL BRIEFINGS BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON MAJOR ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT WORK IN HONG KONG.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT WAS CLEARLY TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE THAT THOSE IN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DEALING WITH HONG KONG AFFAIRS SHOULD HAVE A FIRST-HAND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WORKS.

REGIONAL SECRETARY SEES DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH DISTRICT

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW

TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL

SUEN, TODAY (THURSDAY) SPENT A BUSY DAY IN THE NORTH DISTRICT LOOKING AT RURAL AND NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS MEETING LOCAL PERSONALITIES AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, MR SUEN FIRST TOURED THE TEMPORARY PREMISES OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONS OF VARIOUS SECTIONS INCLUDING THE DISTRICT HOARD SECRETARIAT, GENERAL REGISTRY, AND THE ACCOUNTS, CHINESE LANGUAGE AND WORKS SECTIONS.

/AFTERWARDS, HE