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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1994

CONTESTS TO PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED

OF PRIMARY AND

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS INVITING STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO JOIN AN ESSAY COMPETITION AND PAINTING CONTEST ON THE THEME TO REMOVE PREJUDICE AGAINST DISABLED.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE COMPETITIONS WERE AIMED AT CULTIVATING IN STUDENTS

SENSE OF CARING AND CONCERN FOR THE DISABLED WHO SHOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER PEOPLE.

STUDENTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN HELP THEMSELVES WHEN PROPERLY SUPPORTED. THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID THE COMPETITIONS WERF FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES AFTER THE BROADCAST OF A NEW EDUCATION TELEVISION PROGRAMME, "TREAT THEM EQUAL. TREAT THEM RIGHT" IN LATE MARCH.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED ΤΟ THINK MORE DEEPLY ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE DISABLED AS EQUALS BY TRANSFORMING THEIR AND 1DEAS INTO PAINTINGS AND ESSAYS ON THE THEME 'EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FULI. PARTICIPATION: A BETTER TOMORROW FOR ALL?"

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THE PAINTING CONTEST IS

STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY FOUR TO SECONDARY THREE WHILE THE ESSAY COMPETITION IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH FOR THOSE FROM SECONDARY FOUR TO SEVEN.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID ALL PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE AWARDED

MORE THAN 200 CERTIFICATE AND THAT

OUTSTANDING ENTRIES WOULD BF AWARDED BOOK COUPONS VALUED BETWEEN $200 AND $1,000.

SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST SCORES CALCULATED ON THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF ENTRIES WOULD BE AWARDED A TROPHY AND A BOOK COUPON WORTH $2,000.

THE COMPETITIONS ARE ORGANISED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION ON REHABILITATION UNDER THE COMMISSION OF REHABILITATION, HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, AND SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS SHOULD SEND THEIR ENTRIES TO THE EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WU CHUNG HOUSE, 10TH 213 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI ON OR BEFORE MAY 10.

SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INFORMED ABOUT DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS.

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