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In 1996 a total of 15 youth groups participated in the Scheme. An exhibition on the awards will be held from today (Sunday) until the end of March at Red Ribbon Centre on second floor of Wang Tau Hom Jockey Club Clinic, 200 Junction Road East, Lok Fu, Kowloon.

All members of the public are welcome to take part.

For enquiries, please call Mr S Y Mak of the Red Ribbon Centre at 2304 6268.

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Focus on General Teaching Council

The Registrar of the General Teaching Council (GTC) for Scotland, Mr Ivor Sutherland, will visit Hong Kong between February 27 and March 2 at the invitation of the Council on Professional Conduct in Education (CPCE).

As requested by the CPCE, Mr Sutherland will speak at two seminars to introduce to Hong Kong teachers the establishment, structure and professional status of the GTC in Scotland.

The seminars will be held on February 27 (Thursday) between 2.30 pm and 5 pm at the Academic Community Hall, Kowloon Tong, and on March 1 (Saturday) from 10 am to 12.30 pm at the Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, respectively.

Proposals for setting up a GTC in Hong Kong have been discussed for a number of years. The CPCE has now invited Mr Sutherland to visit Hong Kong and to speak at two identical seminars so as to share his experience on the setting up of a GTC in Scotland and to facilitate the setting up of one in Hong Kong.

As the setting up of a GTC in Hong Kong is important to the professional status of teachers, the CPCE called on teachers to show active support by attending the seminars.

Schools may obtain admission tickets to the seminars from the Education Department. Those who are too late to get the tickets from the Education Department can still attend by obtaining tickets from staff at the seminars right before the seminars begin.