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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1989-

SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, MR HUI SAID THROUGH AN ACTIVITY APPROACH IN CLASSROOM EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THE SCHOOL AIMED TO ENHANCE THE MORAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS.

"IT ALSO GIVES ASSISTANCE IN DISTRICT-BASED FUNCTIONS SUCH AS ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY, FIGHT CRIME VARIETY SHOWS, AS WELL

AS CULTURAL AND SPORTS EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, ADDED.

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ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR POON AND DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER (NORTH), MR LEE YUK-FAI.

KINDERGARTEN GIRL WINS GOLD MEDAL IN ART SHOW

HONG KONG SCHOOL CHILDREN CAME THROUGH WITH FLYING

AN INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION IN JAPAN.

COLOURS IN

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN GIRL FROM TUEN MUN WON A GOLD MEDAL AND SIX SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE AWARDED SILVER MEDALS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ENTRIES IN THE FIFTH KANAGAWA BIENNIAL WORLD CHILDREN'S ART EXHIBITION IN YOKOHAMA.

THE GOLD MEDAL WINNER IS CHAN WAI-YIN, OF PO LEUNG KUK SIU HONG COURT KINDERGARTEN. SHE WAS HONOURED FOR THE COLOURED CHALK DRAWING OF HER IMPRESSION OF HONG KONG AS A VIBRANT CITY.

THE DRAWING SHOWS HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WITH TELEVISION ANTENNAE IN THE BACKGROUND, AN OCEAN LINER IN THE HARBOUR AND AN AIRCRAFT IN THE SKY

REPRESENTING HONG KONG'S LINKS WITH THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A GIRL, DEVELOPING THE THEME THAT HONG KONG IS HER HOME.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID: "THE PICTURE IS RICH IN VISUAL DETAILS ASSEMBLED IN A TIGHTLY KNITTED COMPOSITION.

"THE LINEAR REPRESENTATION OF WAVES SYMMETRICALLY MATCHES THE LINEAR ANTENNAE AND THE EQUALLY SYSTEMATIC PATTERN OF FLUFFY CLOUDS IN THE SKY. IT IS REMARKABLE PIECE OF WORK BY A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL."

THE SILVER MEDALS WENT TO TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS.

THE GIRLS ARE WONG SAU-WAI (AGED 10), OF YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT PRIMARY AM SCHOOL, AND SHIU WAI-YI (13), OF POPE PAUL VI COLLEGE.

THE BOYS ARE SIEW WING-KIT (8), OF ISLAND ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY PM SCHOOL, FAN SHUN-KET (10), OF MARY ROSE SCHOOL (A SPECIAL SCHOOL), LO WAI-HUNG (11), OF PUI CHING PRIMARY SCHOOL, AND CHOI CHI-HUNG (14) OF PO LEUNG KUK CENTENARY COLLEGE.

/THE COMPETITION