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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991

BUILDING ON WHAT STUDENTS BROUGHT WITH THEM, HE EXPLAINED THAT GOOD INITIAL TRAINING WOULD LAY FIRM FOUNDATION FOR, IN MANY CASES, A LIFETIME AS A TEACHER THAT WOULD STRETCH INTO A FUTURE AT BEST ONLY DIMLY PERCEIVED, AND BE CARRIED OUT IN A 1,001 DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

"INITIAL TRAINING CANNOT, HOWEVER, GIVE THE TEACHER EVERYTHING THAT HE OR SHE WILL NEED AS THE YEARS UNFOLD, NOR CAN IT BE EXPECTED TO THE TEACHER IS ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF WHAT SHOULD BE A PROCESS

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OF CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND RENEWAL, WITH INDUCTION INTO PROFESSION FOLLOWED BY A PATTERN OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND EDUCATION ACROSS THE YEARS,' HE SAID.

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'DON'T LEAVE CHILDREN UNATTENDED' PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN STARTS

PARENTS WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED NOT TO LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.

EVEN IF THE PERIOD OF UNATTENDANCE EXCEEDED NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, IT COULD BE LETHAL ΤΟ THE CHILDREN CONCERNED, THE CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MRS KATHERINE SHIN, SAID.

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF A PUBLICITY PACKAGE TO REMIND ADULTS NOT TO LEAVE CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.

MRS SHIN SAID THE PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES, BEING JOINTLY MOUNTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (NGO'S), THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED.

STRESSED

DIVISION

SAID THE

THE DIVISION CHAIRMAN OF THE FAMILY AND CHILD CARE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MRS KITTY TANG, GOVERNMENT AND NGO'S HAD ADOPTED A SERIES OF MEASURES TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES INVOLVING CHILDREN BRING LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME.

ON THE PUBLICITY PACKAGE, THE DIRECTOR ABUSE, MRS PRISCILLA LUI, SAID TELEVISION API'S PUBLIC INTEREST), POSTERS AND PAMPHLETS HAD BEEN HOME THE MESSAGE.

CHILD

OF AGAINST { ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PRODUCED TO DRIVE

"IT IS HOPED THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD BE MORE WARY OF THE HAZARDS OF LEAVING THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME, SHE SAID.

MRS SHIN AND MRS TANG ALSO ENCOURAGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INCLUDING DAY NURSERIES, CRECHES, OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE SERVICES AS WELL AS VARIOUS FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES, WHEN THEY WERE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

MRS TANG ADDED THAT ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WOULD ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT

MUTUAL AID GROUPS BY WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS OR NGO'S.

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