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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1990

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PRIZE-GIVING FOR ESSAY COMPETITION ON AIDS

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YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT AIDS THROUGH VARIOUS AIDS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND JOIN THE WORLDWIDE FIGHT AGAINST THE DISEASE, THE CH. IRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON AIDS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, MRS PEGGY LAM, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE-GIVING INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOL ESSAY COMPETITION ON AIDS.

CEREMONY FOR

THE

THE COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AIMED AT AROUSING AWARENESS AND CONCERN AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT AIDS.

AND

THERE WERE FOUR SECTIONS IN THE COMPETITION CHINESE JUNIOR, ENGLISH SENIOR AND ENGLISH JUNIOR.

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CHINESE SENIOR,

ALTOGETHER, 275 ESSAYS WERE ENTERED IN THE COMPETITION AND, OF THESE, 112 WERE FOR THE ENGLISH SENIOR SECTION.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR S.W.

THEIR WONG, SAID THAT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

HAD STUDENTS MADE GREAT EFFORTS IN COLLECTING USEFUL INFORMATION ON AIDS, AND HAD GAINED A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE.

TEACHERS,

"SUCH OBSERVATION INDICATES THAT THE COMPETITION HAS REALLY SERVED ITS PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE то BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIDS PROBLEM, HE ADDED.

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THE WINNERS OF THE CHINESE SENIOR SECTION AND CHINESE JUNIOR

CONVENT SECTION WERE JENNY MOK FROM ST PAUL'S

SCHOOL AND SUE CHAN FROM KING'S COLLEGE, RESPECTIVELY. THE FIRST PRIZE FOR THE ENGLISH SENIOR SECTION WENT TO YAM CHI-KIN FROM ST JOAN OF ARC SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE ENGLISH JUNIOR SECTION FIRST PRIZE WAS WON BY CHENG LING-CHEUNG FROM QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

THE PRIZES, WHICH INCLUDED CASH COUPONS FOR BOOKS AND WAH KIU STATIONERY AND TROPHIES, WERE SPONSORED BY SING TAO JIH PAO, YAT PO AND HANG SENG BANK.

ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S CEREMONY WERF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

DR (SPECIAL HEALTH SERVICES) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,

PAUL T.A. SAW, AND THE

(GEOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND HEALTH EDUCATION) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MRS SANDRA LAU.

PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR

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