4.40
THE TEACHING OF PUTONGHUA AND SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
CHARACTERS:
THE INCLUSION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE HISTORY IN
THE CURRICULUM:
THE PROMOTION OF POLITICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS:
THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION FOR THE CHANGES IN
1997:
THE EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN
''REPORT OF PANEL OF VISITORS A PERSPECTIVE ON
EDUCATION IN HONG KONG'': AND
THE SETTING UP OF AN OPEN UNIVERSITY.
TO CHECK BRAIN-DRAIN, MANY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTES WERE KEEN THAT THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF THEIR MEMBERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE
RECOGNISED BOTH IN THE HK SAR AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
WORLD. THERE WERE FEARS THAT HONG KONG'S OWN TRAINING IN
CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC FIELDS MIGHT NOT BE
RECOGNISED BY OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS ONCE HONG KONG CEASED
TO BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY. THEY CONSIDERED THAT
THE BEST WAY TO SAFEGUARD HONG KONG'S INTERESTS WOULD BE
FOR HONG KONG TO HAVE ITS OWN AUTHORITY TO ASSESS THE
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND TO
SECURE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF
OVERSEAS LINKS. FOR THE PROFESSIONALS, IT WAS SUGGESTED
THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES TO HOLD INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNISED EXAMINATIONS IN HONG KONG TO VALIDATE
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TO MONITOR THE STANDARDS OF
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
4.41
OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS REFERRRED TO :
THE RECOGNITION AND VALIDATION OF ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED IN CHINA:
AND
THE RECOGNITION AND VALIDATION OF PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED IN NON-COMMONWEALTH
COUNTRIES SUCH AS USA.
SECTION XI EXTERNAL RELATIONS
4.42
THERE WAS LITTLE COMMENT ON THIS ASPECT OF THE
DRAFT AGREEMENT. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED CONCENTRATED ON THE
RECOGNITION BY OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE HK SAR'S STATUS.
4.43
THE MAIN POINTS MADE WERE :
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