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+THE SCHEME WILL ALSO PROVIDE EVEN BETTER CO-ORDINATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL.+
THE GUIDE SUMMARISES THE MAIN POINTS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE FORMATION OF DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT BOARDS IN TEN URBAN DISTRICTS AND IN EIGHT DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS WILL BE SPLIT UP INTO CONSTITUENCIES.
THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES (DMC), WHOSE MEMBERSHIPS CONSISTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS CONCERNED WITH DISTRICT AFFAIRS, ARE CHARGED WITH CO-ORDINATING AND MONITORING GOVERNMENT SERVICES WITHIN THE IR DISTRICTS AND ENSURING THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE DISTRICTS' NEEDS.
THE DISTRICT BOARDS (DB), DEVELOPED FROM CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEES IN URBAN AREA AND FROM THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE SET UP IN ALL 18 DISTRICTS BY MARCH
982, TO ADVISE ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE LIVING OR WORK ING THERE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: IN ADDITION TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT, THERE WILL BE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ELECTED ON A CONSTITUENCY BASIS. THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS IS THREE YEARS.
THIS IS WHERE A GREATER DEGREE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SHOULD COME IN, AS THE BOARDS WILL HAVE PUBLIC-SPIRITED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE RESIDENTS REPRESENTING AS WIDE A CROSS-SECTION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.
+THROUGH THESE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, PUBLIC ADVICE AND OPINION WILL BE EXPRESSED AND HEARD. THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES WOULD THEN BE ADVISED ON THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE DISTRICT AFFAIRS.+
TRAINING COURSE FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
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THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL RUN A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME IN-SERVICE COURSE IN SEPTEMBER FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS WHO ARE PROFESSIONALLY UNTRAINED.
APPLICANTS MUST BE CURRENTLY FULL-TIME PERMITTED TEACHERS WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS' TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN A REGISTERED KINDERGARTEN AND HAVE REACHED 18 YEARS OF AGE BY SEPTEMBER 1, 1981. THEY SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED GRADE E OR ABOVE IN AT LEAST 2 SUBJECTS, ONE OF THEM, PREFERABLY, CHINESE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, OR ITS EQUIVALENT.
THE CURRICULUM WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL, CURRICULUM AND GENERAL STUDIES PRESENTED THROUGH LECTURES, TUTORIALS, VISITS. WORKSHOPS, ETC. SUPERVISED PRACTICAL TEACHING WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COURSE.
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