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Assessments and tests can also cause anxiety and undue pressure, especially if they are administered too frequently or the learning material to be tested is too wide or too difficult.
The number of tests administered each week should be strictly controlled.
Mr Tang urged parents to step up communication with schools in respect to the appropriateness of the amount of homework through such channels as parent-teacher associations and School Management Initiatives.
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Environmental improvement campaign in Yau Tsim Mong
Residents in Yau Tsim Mong district have been urged to participate more in clean-up operations and environmental improvement activities to make the district a cleaner and healthier place to live.
Officiating at the Yau Tsim Mong Environmental Improvement Campaign 1996-97 opening ceremony today (Sunday), Yau Tsim Mong District Officer Bart Ireland said all residents deserved to live in a clean district but they must do their part to make it possible.
Mr Ireland said the Environmental Improvement Campaign was one of the most important events organised each year by the Board's Environment Committee to encourage residents' participation in environmental improvement activities.
The three-month campaign will include seminars on environmental protection and horticulture; visits to Sai Kung Lions Nature Trail and Lantau Island; a sort-and- recycle programme; demolition of abandoned signboards and year-end clean-up exercises.
He also paid tributes to Yau Tsim Mong District Board, the Urban Council, Friends of the Earth, Duty Free Shoppers HK Limited and relevant Government departments for their support in making the event a success.
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Also attending the ceremony was Yau Tsim Mong DB Chairman Chow Chun-
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