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Last November in Osaka, economic leaders of APEC adopted an action agenda on the basis of which each APEC member must formulate within 1996 its own action plan to achieve the APEC free trade goal.
While in Christchurch, Miss Yue will also meet bilaterally with ministers from other APEC member economies to exchange views on trade and economic issues of mutual interest.
APEC is an informal forum for high level government-to-government dialogue
on trade and economic issues, and at present comprises 18 members.
Besides Hong Kong, other members are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the USA.
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Parents urged to keep in touch with school
Parents' role does not stop in the family. They also play a key role in helping the school to help their children.
Officiating at the 18th Annual Graduation Day of Holy Family Canossian College today (Thursday), the Director of Education, Mrs Helen CP Lai Yu, encouraged parents to take the initiative to keep in touch with the school and to have a clearer idea of the progress of their children.
Mrs Yu said the parents helped in moulding the character and shaping the behaviour of their children in the family and it was, therefore, crucial for them to acquire and to improve parenting skills.
She said what parents could and should afford was time and presence and believed that mutual trust would facilitate confidence and provide a firm foundation for parents to offer timely advice, guidance and encouragement to their children.
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Mrs Yu, at the same time, stressed the important part played by parents in the
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