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MONDAY, JULY 31, 1989

THE 3.9 KILOMETRE TWIN TUBE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, COSTING $2 BILLION, IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN AUGUST 1991. LINKING DIAMOND HILL IN KOWLOON WITH SIU LEK YUEN IN SHA TIN, THIS TUNNEL SHOULD CONSIDERABLY EASE PRESSURE ON THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.

SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THE TUNNEL COULD BE COMPLETED EARLY TO MEET THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN GOODS AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC, AND PROVIDE MUCII NEEDED RELIEF TO RESIDENTS OF SHA TIN AND THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

LADY WILSON STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF EARLY EDUCATION

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NEW EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN MANY COUNTRIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EDUCATION STARTS FROM AN EARLY AGE, AS EXPERTS REALISE INCREASINGLY HOW IMPORTANT THIS PERIOD OF TRAINING IS, LADY WILSON, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, SAID THIS (MONDAY MORNING.

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, "CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY". AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

LADY WILSON NOTED THAT IN RECENT YEARS A GROWING NUMBER OF PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE COMING TO RECOGNISE THE CAPACITY FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE HUMAN PERSONALITY, AND THAT NO MATTER WHETHER THEY AGREED WITH THE DIFFERING THEORIES OF SIGMUND FREUD OR OF CARL GUSTAV JUNG, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING WERE VITAL.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT EDUCATION BEGAN AT HOME, FROM THE MOMENT OF BIRTH AND MUCH NEEDED TO BE LEARNED BEFORE THE FIRST STEPS INTO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, IF A CHILD WAS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT AND A CONFIDENT PERSON.

ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS SPEECH, COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST WHICH WERE ALL IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS FOR CHILDREN ΤΟ BECOME GOOD STUDENTS AND HEALTHY HUMAN BEINGS. ALL STARTED FROM BIRTH, SHE ADDED.

HOWEVER, THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN COULD NOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THEIR TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETY NEEDED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE FAMILIES WHICH NURTURED YOUNG CHILDREN. SHE SAID.

"WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED THAT SUPPORT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF ALL

THE COMMUNITY HAS ADEQUATE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

"PARENTS, AND ESPECIALLY, MOTHERS, CANNOT BE LEFT IN ISOLATION

AND BE EXPECTED TO DO A GOOD JOB OF PROVIDING OPTIMAL THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR YOUNG.

CONDITIONS

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