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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1977
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FIRST MEETING OF HK EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY
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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY THAT A CONSCIOUS EFFORT MUST BE MADE TO CO-ORDINATE EXAMINATIONS WITH THE REST OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND SUBORDINATE THEM TO FUNDAMENTAL AIMS.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FIRST MEETING THIS AFTERNOON OF THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, SET UP UNDER THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY ORDINANCE WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION ON AUGUST 1.
THE AUTHORITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE THREE EXISTING MAJOR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS - THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, THE MATRICULATION EXAMINATION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND THE 'A' LEVEL EXAMINATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHER SCHOOL EXMINATIONS THAT MAY BE INTRODUCED SUBSEQUENTLY, AS WELL AS THE EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS.
MR. HAYE, WHO CHAIRED THE MEETING, EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE MEMBERS AND SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE AUTHORITY WOULD ACHIEVE ITS BASIC OBJECTIVE TO PROVIDE THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND THEIR SCHOOLS WITH A RATIONAL, COHERENT EXAMINATIONS SERVICE THAT WOULD ASSIST AND REINFORCE THE EFFORTS OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN THE CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY, THE WORKSHOP AND LIBRARY, AND WHEREVER ELSE PEOPLE MIGHT STRIVE TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.
+SO I SEE OUR TASK, IN BRIEF, AS TWO-FOLD: ON THE ONE HAND AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL, IT IS TO MAINTAIN AND WHERE POSSIBLE IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND CO-ORDINATION OF THE VARIOUS EXCELLENT 'MACHINES' WE ARE INHERITING AND THIS ASPECT OF OUR WORK IS
BUT BOUND TO DOMINATE OUR THINKING IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE- IN THE LONG RUN, OUR MORE IMPORTANT WORK IS TO FORMULATE AND APPLY, SYSTEMATICALLY OVER ALL THE LEVELS AND SUBJECTS WITHIN OUR SCOPE, A CONSISTENT PHILOSOPHY OF EXAMINATIONS, + THE ACTING DIRECTOR SAID.
HE APPEALED TO PEOPLE WHO COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE AUTHORITY, AT WHATEVER LEVEL, TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES AND HE ASKED THAT THEY BE ENCOURAGED AND RELEASED FOR THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
ITEMS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING TODAY INCLUDED AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD AND THE SEEKING OF OVERSEAS RECOGNITION FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION AND FOR THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY 'A' LEVEL EXAMINATION.
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