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SHE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THESE CENTRES WOULD PROVIDE SPACE, FACILITIES, OR EVEN MANPOWER TO SEE THAT THE SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL HAVE EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SUPERVISED OR
ORGANIZED RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND GROUP ACTIVITIES AND INTEREST GROUPS AND SPORTS.
+COMMENTING ON THE EDUCATION WHITE PAPER, SHE SAID THE PROPOSED JUNIOR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION SHOULD BEST BE REPLACED BY AN APTITUDE TEST OR ABILITY TEST.
AS THE FIRST J.C.E.E. WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 1982 AS INDICATED IN THE WHITE PAPER, SHE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT WITH THIS AMPLE TIME TO MAKE PLANS, THE DESIGN AND CONTENTS OF THE EXAMINATIONS WOULD BE PREPARED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO INFLUENCE EFFECTIVELY THE METHODS OF TEACHING AND SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND EVENTUALLY BETTER THE WHOLE QUALITY OF THE NINE-YEAR EDUCATION.
+A POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD WOULD BE TO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF THE JUNIOR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION BY INCLUDING A PORTION OF TEACHER-ASSESSMENT AND STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS OVER THREE OR FOUR YEARS INTO THE FINAL RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION, + SHE SUGGESTED.
ON SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES, MISS KO SAID THAT ABOUT $3 MILLION WAS SPENT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS THIS YEAR.
+EUT. IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT THERE IS NO OVERLAPPING, THE MONEY IS PROPERLY AND WISELY SPENT, MANPOWER AND FACILITIES ARE FULLY UTILIZED AND THE PROGRAMMES PLANNED ARE REALLY ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS IN THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS AS WELL AS TO ENSURE BETTER PLANNING AND MORE SUITABLE PROGRAMMES FOR THE FUTURE, AN OVERALL EVALUATION SYSTEM WITH ADEQUATE DEPTH IS NEEDED,+ SHE ADDED.
MISS KO DESCRIBED THE PREPARATION OF LEGISLATION TO CONTROL AND REGULATE THE OPERATION OF CHILD CARE CENTRES AS +NECESSARY AND TIMELY+.
HOWEVER, SHE SAID: IT WOULD-BE DESIRABLE TOO, IN THE NOT TOO FAR DISTANT FUTURE, TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION FOR OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS OLD PEOPLE'S HOME, CHILDREN'S HOMES AND HOMES FOR THE DISABLED, TO: COPE WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMMĒS IN HONG KONG.
JUDGING FROM WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MISS KO SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLACED MORE ATTENTION ON PREVENTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS, WHICH IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF A MATURE GOVERNMENT.
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