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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1992

TIN SHUI WAI TO GET MORE WELFARE FACILITIES

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THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES IN AREA WAI, NEW TERRITORIES.

TENDERS FOR

24,

ΤΙΝ SHUI

THE PROJECT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY NURSERY, AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE OCCUPYING A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 1,500 SQUARE METRES.

EXTERNAL WORKS SUCH AS ERECTION OF BOUNDARY FENCE WALL, PLANTERS AND EXTERNAL PAVINGS WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT.

UPON COMPLETION, THE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE DIVERSIFIED FACILITIES SUCH AS READING ROOM, MUSIC ROOM, DARK ROOM, STORES, GAMES ROOMS, GROUP ACTIVITIES ROOMS, KITCHEN, DOMESTIC SCIENCE ROOM, TOILETS AND REST AREAS.

THE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN MID-NOVEMBER AND TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.

TENDER OFFER WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON SEPTEMBER 4.

FLOOR, QUEENSWAY

FORMS OF TENDER AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 34TH GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 66 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.

THE

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LANGUAGE LEARNING STRESSED

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION MR DOMINIC S W WONG TODAY (FRIDAY) APPEALED TO SCHOOLS TO ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO TEACHING BASIC GRAMMAR, PRONUNCIATION AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE.

LANGUAGE LEARNING, MR WONG SAID, REQUIRED PATIENCE AND

PRACTICE.

REGULAR

OF ENGLISH" PROGRAMME PRODUCED

IN LAUNCHING THE "ONE MINUTE BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK), HE SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD APPROACH PUBLISHERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PUBLISH MORE TEXTBOOKS OR REFERENCE MATERIAL TO HELP DEVELOP THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS.

HE NOTED THAT OWNING TO THE EVOLUTION OF AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNIQUES IN THE 90S, MANY PEOPLE HAD SWITCHED FROM READING TO WATCHING TELEVISION OR MOVIES.

"SOME EDUCATIONISTS ATTRIBUTED THIS CHANGE IN HABIT AS ONE THE MAJOR FACTORS LEADING TO A DECLINE IN LANGUAGE STANDARD,

OF

HE SAID.

/"MANY EMPLOYERS