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Despite what some Members may feel, while greatly

expanding places we have not neglected quality. Indeed we

have made many significant improvements, many of them were

introduced by means of pilot schemes as suggested by Dr.

the expatriate

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At the risk of seeming long-winded, I think I must list

some of these measures. They include the establishment of

the Institute of Language in Education;

English language teacher pilot scheme; the immersion course

in the United Kingdom for local secondary school teachers of

English; additional graduate teachers of Chinese in small

secondary schools; the incentive award scheme to encourage

the production of good Chinese textbooks; remedial teaching;

additional teachers for split class teaching of computer

studies, art and design, and music at the senior

the senior secondary

level; class library schemes in primary schools; the

promotion of civic education and related activities; and

school-based curriculum development. If I make the list any

longer, I fear that Members may feel that even my speech is stronger on quantity than quality*. I hope I have said

enough to make it clear that we are steadily improving the

quality of teaching in our classrooms.

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Nevertheless,

I do agree with those Members who

feel that we can now afford to put even more emphasis on

improving the quality of our education. I would like to

mention some

areas.

improvements in mind.

where we have

further

specific

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