THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1980
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, KNOWN TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS AS NGAR LAI SAN KUN TZU - PRINCESS ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL CORAL FIRST VISITED HONG KONG IN 1961. SINCE THEN SHE HAS RETURNED IN 1965, 1967, 1972 (WHEN SHE OPENED THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL) AND 1977.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE ROYAL VISIT PRESS OFFICER, MR JOHNNIE JOHNSTON, WILL GIVE A PRESS BRIEFING AT 2.30 PM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 21 ON FACILITIES AND ARRANGEMENTS DURING THE VISIT OF HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BRIEFING WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
ACTING GOVERNOR EXPLAINS NEED FOR OVERALL REVIEW
OF EDUCATION SYSTEM
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY THAT THE REVIEW OF OUR WHOLE EDUCATION SYSTEM, INTENDED TO BE CONDUCTED IN 1981, WAS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE AND WOULD ENSURE THAT WE WERE, IN FACT, ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
SIR JACK WAS SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON.
HE EXPLAINED THAT FOR JUNIOR, SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, WE HAD REVIEWED, DEBATED AT GREAT LENGTH, AND ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH WERE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED, AND SOON WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS FOR PRIMARY AND PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION.
+SO FAR WE HAVE, PERHAPS INEVITABLY, LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM PIECEMEAL. WE NOW FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE BEFORE OUR PLANS BECOME TOO ENTRENCHED, HE SAID.
HE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANS HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO SUIT OUR OWN LOCAL AND PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAD BEEN EVOLVED OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH ADVICE FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS OTHER INTERESTED BODIES, IN THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ALTHOUGH IN MANY WAYS WE WERE AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH AN INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK, IN SOME WAYS TOO WE WERE PAROCHIAL AND OFTEN INWARD-LOOK ING.
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