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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991

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EDUCATION SUNDAY TO MARK NEW SCHOOL YEAR

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NEW OF THE

SCHOOL SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES TO MARK THE START YEAR WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 15 WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED EDUCATION SUNDAY.

AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE SERVICES AT THE FOLLOWING CHURCHES:

* CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL

CHINESE SERVICE

11 AM

(16 CAINE ROAD, CENTRAL DISTRICT)

* HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

CHINESE SERVICE

11 AM

(135 MA TAU CHUNG ROAD,

KOWLOON CITY)

* ST TERESA'S CHURCH

(258 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD,

KOWLOON TONG)

* ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

(GARDEN ROAD, CENTRAL DISTRICT)

ENGLISH SERVICE

tt AM

ENGLISH SERVICE 11.30 AM

ATTENDING THE SERVICES WILL BE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ok. EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), MR LUCAS CHAN (CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL); THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND RESEARCH), MR MAN TSZ-FONG (HOLY TRINITY CHURCH); THE PRINCIPAL OF HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, MR DAVID PUN (ST TERESA'S CHURCH); AND THE EDUCATION), ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN DR VERNER BICKLEY (ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL).

AFTER-SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMME EXTENDED

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THE EXPERIMENTAL AFTER-SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMME WHICH PROVIDES

BEEN HALF-DAY CARE TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN HAS

EXTENDED FOR ONE

YEAR.

FOR

(SUNDAY)

SAID

18

MONTHS

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WELFARE A SOCIAL

DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY THE PROGRAMME WAS INTRODUCED IN JANUARY LAST YEAR PROVIDE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE AT CHILDREN AND YOUTHI CENTRES TO FAMILIES WITH SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL NEEDS.

HE SAID AN EVALUATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME HAD BEEN CONDUCTED.

BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (NGO'S) WHICH OPERATED THE PROGRAMME FOUND THAT THERE WAS A NEED то EXTEND THE PROGRAMME TO TRY OUT A MODIFIED MODE OF OPERATION, HE NOTED.

/"THE MODIFICATION