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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1991

MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE

22.8 DEGREES CELCIUS; 0.6 DEGREE CEL/TUS

ABOVE NORMAL

MEAN DAILY MINIMUM

AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

20.9 DEGREES CELCIUS; 0.7 DEGREE CELCIUS

ABOVE NORMAL

19.2 DEGREES CELCIUS; 0.2 DEGREE CELCIUS

ABOVE NORMAL

91.6 MM; 16.3 MM BELOW

NORMAL

IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS RECOGNISED

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SEX EDUCATION PLAYS DEVELOP A POSITIVE AND HEALTHY ATTITUDE TOWARDS SEX.

IMPORTANT PART IN HELPING STUDENTS

THIS POSITIVE AND HEALTHY ATTITUDE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF MATTERS OF INTEREST, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR (SATURDAY).

WOULD LEAD ΤΟ A GREATER PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY

MR LI SAID THIS IN OPENING A SEX EDUCATION ACTION GUIDELINES FORUM ORGANISED BY THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS' UNION AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.

HE SAID SEX EDUCATION WAS REGARDED AS AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF THE CURRICULUM AND ITS IMPORTANCE WAS RECOGNISED BY SCHOOLS AND THEIR SPONSORS.

A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT 46 PER CENT OF SCHOOLS, COMPARED TO 30 PER CENT IN 1987, HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME ON SEX EDUCATION, HE SAID.

"AND 67 PER CENT HAVE EITHER APPOINTED A CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE OR A TEACHER TO CO-ORDINATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL."

TWELVE PER CENT OF SCHOOLS IN THE SURVEY HAD ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD SET UP A SEX EDUCATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE IN THE 1990-91 SCHOOL YEAR.

MR LI SAID THE IMPORTANT ROLES OF THE FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN PROVIDING COUNSELLING AND SUCCESSFUL SEX EDUCATION NOT BE OVERLOOKED.

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WORKERS SET OF

HE HOPED THAT PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND SOCIAL COULD SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE FORUM AND WORK OUT ACTION GUIDELINES IN SEX EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

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