GIS/L/F/544
FROM : DIS (TOMMY HAHN)
TO : ALL OVERSEAS OFFICES
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE (ATTN: PETER RANDALL) JULY 24, 1986, THURSDAY
ADDITIONAL ROUNDUP
TOPICS:
ICAC ANNUAL REPORT
RECRUITMENT OF EXPAT ENGLISH TEACHERS
EXPELLED NEWSMAN ARRIVES IN HK
TRANSPORT LESSONS FROM TYPHOON PEGGY
PENSION FUND
BRITISH POLITICS IN HK
SENIOR POLICE OFFICER TO ADVISE USD ON HAWKERS YAXLEY RETURNS
BLDC MEMBER WARNS ON REFORM IN HK
BETTER PROTECTION FOR HK WORKERS
ICAC ANNUAL REPORT
THE SCMP SAID IN A FRONT PAGE REPORT THAT THE ICAC LAST YEAR RECORDED ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF GRAFT COMPLAINTS SINCE 1975 THE YEAR AFTER IT WAS SET UP.
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IN HIS REVIEW OF THE YEAR, ICAC COMMISSIONER GEOFF BARNES SAID ECONOMIC OPPORTUNISM MAY BE PARTLY TO BLAME.
ANOTHER KEY FEATURE OF THE ICAC ANNUAL REPORT, PUBLISHED YESTER- DAY, WAS THE RECORD NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECTOR CORRUPTION COMPLAINTS.
IN ANOTHER FRONT PAGE REPORT,
RECRUITMENT OF EXPAT ENGLISH TEACHERS THE SCMP SAID A MAJOR RECRUITMENT EFFORT IS TO BE LAUNCHED TO MAINTAIN STANDARDS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN HK SCHOOLS.
THE PAPER SAID NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS WILL BE RECRUITED IN LARGE NUMBERS FROM OVERSEAS TO TEACH ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS PART OF A DRIVE TO MAINTAIN STANDARDS AT THE SAME TIME AS PROMOTING THE WIDE USE OF CHINESE AS THE TEACHING LANGUAGE.
IT SAID THE EDUCATION DEPT'S PLAN IS TO PROVIDE EACH GOVT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH TWO TO THREE EXPATRIATE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IF THE SCHOOL IS WILLING TO ADOPT CHINESE AS THE TEACHING LANGUAGE IN MOST SUBJECTS.
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DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHICH WILL MAKE THE SWITCH FROM ENGLISH TO CHINESE, THE PLAN COULD COST THE GOVT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SALARIES, HOUSING ALLOWANCES AND AIR FARES.
THE SCMP CARRIED
BOTH SCMP AND HK STANDARD GAVE EXPELLED NEWSMAN ARRIVES IN HK PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE ARRIVAL IN HK OF NEW YORK TIMES CORRES- PONDENT JOHN BURNS WHO WAS EXPELLED FROM CHINA. THE NEWS IN ITS FRONT PAGE WHILE THE HK STANDARD CARRIED THE NEWS IN ITS BACK PAGE.
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