THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1979
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SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THIS LANDSCAPE PROGRAMME WILL HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND COMPLETED WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF POSSESSION OF THE WHOLE LOT.
THE COMPANY IS ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SITES WITHIN THE LOT FOR A PRIMARY SCHOOL, A KINDERGARTEN, A POLICE REPORTING POST AND A BUS STATION.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY EARLY 1987.
COMMON SYLLABUSES FOR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER
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A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WILL BE THE ADOPTION OF COMMON SYLLABUSES FOR FORMS |-||| TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL SUBJECTS AS FROM SEPTEMBER, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT KWAI CHUNG, MR. HAYE SAID THAT THE SYLLABUSES WERE NOW BEING ENDORSED BY THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL.
THE CONTENT SYLLABUSES FOR FORMS |-||| TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL SUBJECTS WERE PREPARED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN CO-ORDINATING THE EFFORTS OF THE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRY, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
MR. HAYE SAID THAT A SEMINAR ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SYLLABUSES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON JULY 26 AND ALL SUBJECT TEACHERS OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND.
SPEAKING OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND THEIR POPULARITY, MR. HAYE SAID. SINCE SO MANY PREVOCATIONAL PUPILS ARE OF ABOVE-AVERAGE ABILITY, A PROPORTION OF SENIOR SECONDARY CLASSES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AS FROM 1981 TO ENABLE THE MORE ACADEMICALLY CAPABLE ONES TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION UP TO AT LEAST THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION LEVEL AND LATER TO PROCEED DIRECTLY TO TECHNICIAN PROGRAMMES IN THE POLYTECHNIC OR THE TECHNICAL
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HE SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES IN STRUCTURE OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, THE CURRICULUM AND STAFFING STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE ACCORDINGLY.
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