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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988

JUNIOR SECONDARY STUDENT READING AWARD SCHEME

EDUCATION (CHIEF

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR SO FAI-CHO, TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED ON

INSPECTOR OF SECONDARY 1

TO 3 STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE 1989 READING AWARD SCHEME WHICH WOULD TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THIS MONTH AND APRIL NEXT YEAR.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE MANDARIN HOTEL, MR SO SAID THE AWARD SCHEME WAS AGAIN ORGANISED BY THE LIBRARY SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB.

THE AIM OF THE READING AWARD SCHEME WAS ΤΟ HELP STUDENTS ΤΟ DEVELOP GOOD READING HABITS, IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS AND ΤΟ MAKE GOOD USE OF SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES, MR SO SAID.

HE SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING то NOTE THAT MORE THAN 25,000 JUNIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS FROM 186 SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN THE READING AWARD SCHEME LAST YEAR.

FROM LAST YEAR'S SCHEME,

TO ENABLE MORE STUDENTS TO BENEFIT THE TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG SPONSORED THE PUBLICATION OF A BOOKLET CONTAINING WINNING BOOK REPORTS FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION ΤΟ SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE BOOKLET WAS PRESENTED ΤΟ MR SO AT A BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY.

IN THE CURRENT READING AWARD SCHEME, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO READ NO FEWER THAN 10 LIBRARY BOOKS INCLUDING AT LEAST THREE ENGLISH AND THREE CHINESE BOOKS.

THEY WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE A BOOK READING RECORD AND TO PRESENT AN ESSAY TYPE REPORT ON ONE OF THE BOOKS READ.

BOOK COUPONS RANGING FROM $1,000 TO $2,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST THREE WINNERS AND THE IR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS IN BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CATEGORIES. THE WINNING STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED WITH TROPHIES.

OTHER PRIZES WILL INCLUDE BOOK COUPONS OF $400 EACH AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT FOR PARTICIPANTS COMMENDED. CERTIFICATES OF MERIT WILL BE BOOK REPORTS ARE OF GOOD QUALITY.

WHOSE ENTRIES ARE HIGHLY AWARDED TO ENTRANTS WHOSE

STUDENTS ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT THEIR

ENTRIES TO THE LIBRARY SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE MAY 10 NEXT YEAR. ALL ENTRIES WILL BE ASSESSED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES AND AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED IN JUNE OR JULY NEXT YEAR.

ALSO ATTENDING THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG, MR CHONG WING-CHAM AND HIS FELLOW MEMBERS, MR SO CHUN-YU, MR CHAO KING-LIN AND MR WU PO-LING.

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