MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1981
AS A K. JLT OF THE PERMITTED REPETITION RATE, AT LEAST 30 PER CE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE TAKING SEVEN YEARS TO COMPLETE THE SIX-YEAR COURSE.
DO WE REALLY BEL. .VE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SO WEAK ACADEMICALLY? SHOULD WE NOT DO OUR BEST TO SAVE THEM ONE PRECIOUS YEAR OF THEIR LIVES WHICH NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BUY BACK?+ MR LI ASKED.
+THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WHICH WE SHOULD ALL BEAR IN MIND. I WOULD URGE ALL SCHOOLS TO ADOPT REMEDIAL TEACHING AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY,+ HE SAID,
TUEN MUN WORKERS TO GET PUBLIC HOUSING
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ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE GIVEN TO TUEN MUN FACTORY WORKERS WHO ARE AT PRESENT NOT LIVING IN THE NEW TOWN AND WHO HAVE TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO AND FROM WORK EACH DAY.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED AT A MEETING OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SUB-COMMITTEE OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD.
THE DECISION IS MAINLY THE OUTCOME OF A RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE AT ITS PREVIOUS MEETING, DURING WHICH THE PROBLEM OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSPORATION OF WORKERS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN.
PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO LOCAL WORKERS, WHO ARE EITHER RESIDENTS OF HOUSING ESTATES IN URBAN AREAS BUT WISH TO TRANSFER THE IR FLATS TO TUEN MUN, OR THOSE WHO HAVE EARLIER APPLIED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND WANT TO MOVE TO THE DISTRICT NOW.
THE NEW TERRITORIES MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION WILL BE CO-ORDINATING APPLICATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED.
FORMED IN APRIL THIS YEAR, THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SUB-COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING THE NEW TOWN'S COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ISTS, ENTREPRENEURS AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH IS ONE OF SIX SERVING THE DISTRICT BOARD. IT IS CHAIRED BY TUEN MUN
DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM AND HAS 10 OFFICIAL AND 14 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.