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"It is impossible for teachers, however keen and committed, to see to every aspect of the development of individual students. It is necessary for parents, it is incumbent upon parents, to recognise their responsibility and to shoulder it with the assistance of school," she said.
The Education Department recognises the importance of parents' contribution to school education and management and thus, has set up a Home-School Co- operation Committee and a home-school co-operation unit to assist schools and parents in founding and running parent-teacher associations.
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123 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flight
A group of 123 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Thursday) on the 45th flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 56 men, 28 women, 20 boys and 19 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with the remaining in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995 and 1996.
The group brought to 4,006 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991.
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Monitors' Report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Thursday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Mr Chau How-chen; and a representative from a non-governmental organisation, Ms Nadine de Lamotte from Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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