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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1991

MRS YUNG POINTED OUT THAT AS SCHOOL LEADERS, PRINCIPALS WOULD HAVE A MAJOR ROLE TO PLAY IN MOBILISING ALL TEACHERS ΤΟ INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN CREATING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SCHOOLS.

TEACHERS, SHE SAID, SHOULD ALWAYS BE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND ΤΟ STUDENTS' PROBLEMS IN A POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER.

BECOME:

SHE SAID THE MAIN IDEA WAS THAT THE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE MADE ΤΟ

* AN INVITING PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS;

*

A PLACE WHICH THE STUDENTS IDENTIFY WITH, FEEL PROUD OF;

*

A PLACE FOR SCHOOL LIFE WHICH THEY SHARE AND ENJOY; AND

A PLACE WHICH IS REALLY CONDUCIVE ΤΟ THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL ADAPTATION AND ADJUSTMENT.

SHE SAID THAT THIS, IN FACT, WAS THE APPROACH RECOMMENDED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 4 LAST NOVEMBER.

FOR

"TO INTRODUCE THE WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH AND TO SET THE CLIMATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 4 IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO BE ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MRS YUNG SAID.

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CONDUCTING THE CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ARE TWO ADVOCATES OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH, MR CHRIS WATKINS, A LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION AND COURSE TUTOR IN PASTORAL CARE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; AND MISS PATSY WAGNER, THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL, EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST AT THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA.

THREE NOMINATIONS RECEIVED TODAY FOR UC/RC ELECTIONS

THREE NOMINATIONS FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS IN MAY WERE RECEIVED TODAY (THURSDAY).

COUNCIL

ONE WAS FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND TWO FOR THE REGIONALCOUNCIL ELECTIONS.

THIS BRINGS TO 35 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE

ELECTIONS.

SO FAR, THERE ARE 10 CONSTITUENCIES EACH WITH TWO NOMINATIONS. THEY ARE THE WAN CHAI, SHAU KEI WAN, KOWLOON CITY WEST, KWUN TONG WEST, KWUN TONG EAST, MONG KOK, WONG TAI SIN SOUTH, YAU TSIM, ISLANDS AND YUEN LONG CONSTITUENCIES.

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