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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979
NOTING THAT FIERCE COMPETITION IN EXAMINATIONS OFTEN LED TO ROTE LEARNING OF FACTS AND FIGURES, LEADING TO A LACK OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, MR. BROWN SAID ONE SOLUTION WOULD BE THE BROADENING OF THE CURRICULUM.
+AT THE 6TH FORM LEVEL THERE WAS PUBLISHED RECENTLY A REPORT OF A WORKING PARTY ON THE 6TH FORM CURRICULUM AND A PROPOSED EXAMINATION SYSTEM INCORPORATING SUBSIDIARY SUBJECTS WHICH WOULD BROADEN THE CURRICULUM,+ HE SAID.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS CURRENTLY STUDYING THIS REPORT, AND THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS TO CONSIDER HOW THE PRESENT CURRICULUM COULD BE REPLACED BY +SOMETHING WHICH BROADENS THE OUTLOOK. PRODUCES A TRULY EDUCATED STUDENT, AND MINIMISES EXAMINATION STRESS,+ MR. BROWN ADDED.
GOVERNOR VISITS MTR STATION SITES ****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED A NUMBER OF STATION SITES ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND RODE ON ONE OF THE MTR TRAINS.
THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY MR. JOHN WALDEN, DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MR. NORMAN THOMSON, CHAIRMAN OF MTR, VISITED THE ADMIRALTY STATION IN CENTRAL, WATERLOO STATION IN NORTH NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON BAY OVERHEAD STATION AND KOWLOON BAY DEPOT.
DURING HIS TOUR, SIR MURRAY WAS MET AND BRIEFED BY SENIOR MTR ENGINEERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTORS ENGAGED ON THE WORK.
AT KOWLOON BAY, SIR MURRAY AND THE PARTY BOARDED AN MTR TRAIN AND RODE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE ALONG A SECTION OF THE OVERHEAD RUNNING LINE.
THE ALUMINIUM-BODIED MTR TRAINS ARE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED. EACH CAR IS ABOUT 22 METRES LONG AND THREE METRES WIDE, WITH 48 LONGITUDINAL SEATS AND ROOM FOR ABOUT 327 STANDING PASSENGERS, THERE ARE FIVE WIDE DOORS ON EACH SIDE OF THE CAR.
TRAINS ARE INITIALLY OF FOUR-CAR SETS WITH DRIVING CABS AT BOTH ENDS AND VESTIBULES CONNECTING THE CARS, THEY ARE ELECTRICALLY POWERED AND AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN, WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED CF 80 KPH.
AT THE MTR'S TRAINING SCHOOL IN KOWLOON BAY DEPOT, SIR MURRAY SAW THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STAFF UNDERGOING TRAINING.
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