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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1989

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ISLANDS STUDENTS COMPLETE HISTORY PROJECT

THE

MORE THAN 750 STUDENTS FROM 30 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ISLANDS DISTRICT WILL ATTEND THE "ISLANDS ROOT PROJECT" EXHIBITION DURING THE SCHOOLS GET-TOGETHER DAY ΤΟ BR HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT BUDDHIST WAI YAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE ON CHEUNG CHAU.

OF

THE EXHIBITION, MARKING THE COMPLETION

THE PROJECT, WILL COVER TOPICS SUCH AS A COMPARISON OF THE PAST AND PRESENT IN SHUI HAU VILLAGE, BUILDINGS DEVELOPMENT IN MUI WO, INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS IN ΤΑΙ O, AND THE ISLANDERS' PLACES OF ORIGIN.

THAT

STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT HAVE SPENT THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN RESEARCH AND PREPARATION OF MATERIALS AND IT IS HOPED THROUGH THIS PARTICIPATION THEY WILL LEARN THE HISTORY OF THEIR DISTRICT SO AS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING.

THE PROJECT WAS ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE WITH THE HELP OF THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOLS LIAISON COMMITTEE (SLC) TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.

APART FROM THE EXHIBITION, THE CHINESE ARTS PERFORMING TROUPE PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT ΤΟ THE STUDENTS JOINING THE SCHOOLS GET-TOGETHER DAY WHICH IS AN ANNUAL ACTIVITY ORGANISED BY THE SLC.

WILL

THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN NG, AND THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (SAI KUNG AND ISLANDS) MR KWOK WAI-CHIU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY TO BEGIN AT 10 AM.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE ISLANDS DISTRICT SCHOOLS GET-TOGETHER DAY TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE BUDDHIST WAI YAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE ON CHEUNG CHAU, BEGINNING AT 10 AM.

THE LAUNCH 'CLEMENTI" WILL LEAVE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT CENTRAL, FOR CHEUNG CHAU AT 8.30 AM.

PIER,

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