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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1989

SESSION

HE TOURED THE SCHOOL PREMISES AND OBSERVED CLASSES IN IN THE COMPUTER ROOM, THE HOME ECONOMICS ROOM AND THE LANGUAGE ROOM.

HE NOTED THAT THE COLLEGE, LIKE OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG, PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS NOT ONLY ON CLASSROOM TEACHING BUT ALSO ON

RANGE STUDENTS' CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH A WIDE DEVELOPING

OF

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE BAPTIST LUI MING SCHOOL IN CITY ONE.

CHOI

PRIMARY

THERE, HE SAW AN EXHIBITION OF PUPILS' WORK AND OBSERVED PUPILS LEARNING MATHEMATICS THROUGH THE CHILD-CENTRED ACTIVITY APPROACH AIMED TO DEVELOP PUPILS' CREATIVITY AND INITIATIVE TOWARDS LEARNING.

HE ALSO CONVERSED IN PUTONGHUA WITH CHILDREN ATTENDING A IN THAT LANGUAGE.

CLASS

THE

GOVERNOR

THEN

BY

THE

STRING

BY

LISTENED TO A PERFORMANCE ORCHESTRA OF THE SCHOOL AND WAS MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE TALENT SHOWN THE YOUNG PUPILS.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID SAID PLEASED ΤΟ SEE HOW WELL RECENTLY ESTABLISHED NEW TOWN DEVELOPING.

HE WAS VERY SCHOOLS WERE

HE INDICATED THAT PLANS TO PROVIDE MORE SCHOOLS TOWNS WERE PROGRESSING WELL.

IN THE

NEW

IN

SHA

TIN

AND

16

NEW

SECONDARY

ALONE, SEVEN NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 1991.

FOR

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT A NEW DESIGN FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES, WAS TO BE ADOPTED NEW SCHOOLS FROM THE EARLY 1990'S.

THIS WAS IN

KEEPING WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.

ΤΟ

MONETARY STATISTICS FOR JANUARY PUBLISHED

BOTH HONG KONG DOLLAR AND FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS IN JANUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988, ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH.

REFLECTING

NEW YEAR, RECORDED A

THE STRONG

INCREASED STATISTICS

HK$M1,

THE INCREASE IN CASH DEMAND BEFORE THE CHINESE

NARROWEST DEFINITION OF MONEY SUPPLY, INCREASE DURING JANUARY 1989.

THE BROADER