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•P 25, 1901

HE SAID THE INCREASING PRESENCE OF JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN

FLAP BEEN

FIND NICHE ARPAS KONG WAS PROOF THAT THEY

CONDUCT PROFITABLE BUSINESS.

"THEIR PRESENCE ALSO SIGNIFIES

ABLE

TO

IN CONFIDENCE

ITONG AND

THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL AND

HONG KONG. IN THE YEARS AHEAD, I LOOK FORWARD TO A CLOSER ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN.

WOULD

THEREFORE

WELCOME PLANS MANUFACTURERS TO FOLLOW THEIR COUNTERPARTS WHO INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

++

OF HAVE

OTHER JAPANESE MADE SUCCESSFUL

STUDENT GUIDANCE SERVICES TO BE STRENGTHENED

IN

A

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE EDUCATION COMMISSION- PROPOSAL THAT ALL TEACHERS IN A SCHOOL, SHOULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE ASSISTING STUDENTS ΤΟ RESOLVE THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS, GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

AT PRESENT, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES ARE PROVIDED SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS THROUGH STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS ( (9008) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND GUIDANCE TEACHERS RESPECTIVELY.

"IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THE CURRENT SCO/STUDENT RATIO IS 1:3,000 IN URBAN AREAS AND 1:2,000 IN RURAL AREAS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"IN SECONDART SCHOOLS, GUIDANCE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY GUIDANCE TEACHERS, WITH PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FROM SCHOOL SOCIAL

OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WORKERS SAID.

RECOGNISE

HE

AND

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IS MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT ALL

PLAY TEACHERS

A VITAL PART IN HELPING

то STUDENTS OVERCOME THEIR PROBLEMS.

ARE

IT CONSIDERS THAT TEACHERS, BEING IN THE FRONT LINE, OFTEN IN A BETTER POSITION TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN NEED OF HELP AND TO OFFER INITIAL ASSISTANCE.

HEADS

"TEACHERS, HOWEVER, REQUIRE THE LEADERSHIP OP THE SCHOOL A POSITIVE AND THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT, TO CREATE

RESPONDED ENVIRONMENT IN THE SCHOOLS IN WHICH STUDENTS' PROBLEMS ARE TO IN A POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER, HE ADDED.

"THIS CONCEPT, KNOWN AS 'WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH', HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN SOME SCHOOLS AND IS PROVING TO BE SUCCESSFUL,' SPOKESMAN SAID.

ALREADY THE

SUIT KONG.

AND

THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MORE SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW

IN THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THIS APPROACH TO BE ADOPTED

HONG

/TO IMPLEMENT