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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1981
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED BY INTERPRETATION OF THAT REGULATION, THE CARPENTER ENDANGERED HIMSELF BY NOT WEARING A SAFETY HELMET PROVIDED BY HIS EMPLOYER.+
AN INSPECTOR VISITING A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN SHA TIN IN JANUARY THIS YEAR HAD FOUND THE CARPENTER WITHOUT A SAFETY HELMET AND TRIED TO GET HIM TO WEAR ONE. BUT THE ADVICE WAS IGNORED.
WHEN THE CARPENTER IGNORED A SIMILAR REQUEST MADE BY THE SITE MANAGER, HE WAS ISSUED WITH A SUMMONS.
TEACHER TRAINING COURSES OFFERED
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW INVITED FOR THE THREE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR TEACHER TRAINING COURSES COMMENCING THIS SEPTEMBER AT THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.
ALL THREE COLLEGES ARE OFFERING A THREE-YEAR COURSE IN ENGLISH, WHILE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS ALSO OFFERING A THREE-YEAR COURSE IN CHINESE, AND NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS OFFERING A TWO-YEAR COURSE IN ENGLISH.
+THE OBJECTIVES OF THESE INITIAL COURSES OF TEACHER EDUCATION ARE TO TRAIN STUDENTS TO BECOME QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO TEACH GENERAL SUBJECTS AT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND TO TEACH THREE ELECTIVE SUBJECTS TO THE LEVEL OF FORM 3,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE TWO FULL-TIME THREE-YEAR COURSES WILL COMPRISE A CORE CURRICULUM OF A COMPULSORY PROGRAMME OF STUDIES, TWO SUBJECTS ELECTED ON A MAJOR ELECTIVE BASIS AND ONE SUBJECT ON A MINOR ELECTIVE BASIS.
APPLICANTS FOR THE ENGLISH COURSE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE IR SECONDARY EDUCATION AT AN ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL AND THOSE FOR THE CHINESE COURSE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION AT A CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY SHOULD HAVE REACHED 17 YEARS OF AGE BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1981.
THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN AT LEASE SIX DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AT THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION (HKCEE) LEVEL. GRADES OBTAINED SHOULD BE AT LEAST GRADE C IN TWO SUBJECTS, PLUS AT LEAST GRADE D IN ONE OTHER SUBJECTS AND AT LEAST GRADE È IN ANOTHER THREE SUBJECTS.
+CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE MUST BE INCLUDED AMONG THE SIX SUBJECTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE COURSE STRUCTURE OF THE FULL-TIME TWO-YEAR COURSE IN ENGLISH IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS THAT FOR THE THREE-YEAR COURSE.
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