STRIKING the right balance between the formal and informal in the school curriculum is the key to a child's healthy development, says the Director of Education, Dominic Wong Shing-wah.
Mr Wong was addressing the gathering at Liu Po Shan Memorial College's speech day held last week.
The director said students who had a positive outlook and well-formed personalities were equipped to put their academic knowledge and skills to use in the outside world.
Personality was an important factor in adult life, Mr Wong stressed. Working well with others and serving the community properly depended to a large extent on how one's personality had developed during the school years, he told the students.
''In recent years, Hong Kong has been developing and advancing at a very great speed, and young people have to face tremendous challenges of all kinds.'' To be able to face such challenges, students should develop their potential, gain knowledge and skills, learn to think for themselves and be aware of what was happening around them, Mr Wong said.
''It is only then that young people will be able to live a meaningful life.'' Mr Wong congratulated the graduates, and wished them every success in their future.