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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1981
STATING THAT THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN SUBSTANTIAL CURRICULUM REFORM IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH. AND THAT NEW SYLLABUSES HAD BEEN ISSUED OR WERE ABOUT TO BE ISSUED, MR HAYE WENT ON TO SAY THAT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE LANGUAGES AS TOOLS OF COMMUNICATION WERE ENVISAGED.
+ IN ORDER TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH GOOD MODELS OF PRONUNCIATION AND USAGE, WIRE-FREE INDUCTION LOOP SYSTEMS WILL BE INSTALLED IN SCHOOLS SO THAT PRE-RECORDED MATERIAL CAN BE USED FOR BOTH TEACHING AND TESTING, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
AT THE SIXTH FORM LEVEL, IT IS HOPED THAT A NEW SUBJECT ENTITLED +LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION+ WILL BE INTRODUCED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE. MAJOR EDUCATIONAL BODIES ARE BEING CONSULTED AS TO WHETHER THIS SUBJECT SHOULD BE COMPULSORY AND SHOULD LEAD TO APPROPRIATE EXAMINATIONS AT BOTH HIGHER AND ADVANCED LEVELS, THE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED.
AS REGARDS RESEARCH, A PROGRAMME PROBING THE PROBLEMS RELATING TO LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR SAID RESEARCH FINDINGS WILL BE TAKEN TO THE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY BODIES AND ONCE THERE IS A STRONGER LANGUAGE BASE, WHICH THE VARIOUS MEASURES IN THE LANGUAGE PACKAGE SHOULD HELP TO CREATE, A REVIEW OF POLICY MAY BE MADE WITH SOME CONFIDENCE.+
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THE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSALS AIMING TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. PHASING THESE PROPOSALS OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THE IMPORTANCE OF EVOLUTION IN AN AREA OF SUCH MAJOR COMMUNITY CONCERN.
+THE PACKAGE SHOULD BE SEEN AS A VIGOROUS AFFIRMATION OF OUR BILINGUAL LANGUAGE POLICY.
+CHINESE AND ENGLISH ARE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE IN HONG KONG AND WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RAISE STANDARDS IN BOTH LANGUAGES, THE DIRECTOR CONCLUDED.
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