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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1976
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+AT PRESENT, WE ARE AGAIN IN A PERIOD OF MUCH CHANGE BOTH THE CONCEPT AND THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.+
HE SPOKE ABOUT THE COMMENDABLE PROGRESS MADE IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE +ACTIVITY METHOD+ IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THE EMPHASIS IN THIS METHOD IS TO REDUCE MEMORISATION OF FACTS SO THAT YOUNG PUPILS, DURING THE IR MOST FORMATIVE YEARS, CAN LEARN TO OBSERVE. THINK AND JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES AND HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY.
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HONG KONG TIME
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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION WHICH WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF MAINTAINING HONG KONG STANDARD TIME THROUGHOUT THE NEXT WINTER AND SUMMER TO SEE WHAT PERMANENT ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. DENIS BRAY, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. JAMES WU AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR. BRAY NOTED THAT WHEN THE BILL AUTHORISING PERMANENT +HONG KONG TIME+ WAS PUBLISHED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO STRONG VIEWS ON THE QUESTION OF THE BEST TIME FOR HONG KONG.
HE SAID THERE WERE PARTIES WHO PREFERRED EITHER A SYSTEM OF NINE HOURS AHEAD OF THE GMT OR GMT PLUS EIGHT.
THE BILL, HE ADDED, SETTLED FOR GMT PLUS NINE AND CERTAINLY GENERATED AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION.
+WE HAVE TRIED GMT PLUS NINE IN THE WINTER WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED AS A FUEL SAVING MEASURE AT THE END OF 1973, + MR. BRAY SAID,
+ IT IS NOW PROPOSED THAT WE HAVE A SUMMER WITH GMT PLUS EIGHT.
+ IF AFTER THE EXPERIENCE OF STANDARD TIME THROUGHOUT NEXT WINTER AND SUMMER THIS IS STILL THE FAVOURED TIME SYSTEM, IT WILL BE ADOPTED PERMANENTLY, HE ADDED.
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