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TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1990

LADY WILSON VISITS KOWLOON SCHOOLS

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THE LESS FORMAL, PUPIL-ORIENTED

ACTIVITY APPROACH HAS BREN ADOPTED AS EARLY AS 1977 BY THE FARM ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY AM SCHOOL, LADY WILSON WAS TOLD THIS WHEN SHE VISTIED THE SCHOOL TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE SCHOOL, WHICH OPENED IN 1956, HAS FACILITIES WHICH CANNOT COMPARE FAVOURABLY WITH THOSE OF A MODERN STANDARD PRIMARY SCHOOL.

BUT WHILE THE SCHOOL'S FACILITIES WERE NOT IMPRESSIVE, ITS ACADEMIC STANDARDS CERTAINLY WERE AND, IN THE ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES, APPLICATIONS FAR EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE.

THIS, LADY WILSON NOTED, REFLECTED THE SCHOOL'S POPULARITY.

THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KOWLOON CITY HAS 24 PRIMARY 1 TO 6 CLASSES ATTENDED BY 873 PUPILS.

LADY WILSON ALSO VISITED THE SING YIN SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH 1,166 STUDENTS ATTENDING 29 SECONDARY 1 TO 7 CLASSES.

STUDENTS AT THE LAM TIN SCHOOL, KWUN TONG, ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE SUCH AS HELPING THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OF THE MORNINGHILL SCHOOL AND ASSISTING SCHOOLMATES UNDER THE PRIVATE STUDY SCHEME.

COMPUTER EDUCATION IS STRONGLY PROMOTED WITHIN THE SCHOOL, WHICH OPENED IN 1970.

COMPUTER STUDIES WAS FIRST INTRODUCED INTO THE CURRICULUM IN SEPTEMBER 1984 FOR SECONDARY 4 CLASSES, NOW EXTENDED TO SECONDARY 5, AND COMPUTER LITERACY IS OFFERED TO ALL SECONDARY 1 TO 3 STUDENTS.

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DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS BRIEFED ON DB'S WORK

ADOLF HSU,

PARTICIPATE

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR TONIGHT (TUESDAY) CALLED ON TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS TO ACTIVELY IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO HELP DEVELOP THE DISTRICT INTO AN EVEN MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD CONFERENCE WHERE MEMBERS OF RURAL COMMITTEES, AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WERE BRIEFED ON THE DB'S WORK IN THE PAST YEAR.

/MR HSU