WEWESDAY, JUNE 27, 1984
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+THE SCHEME WOULD CONTAIN AN ELEMENT OF CONCILIATION, ON SIMILAR LINES TO THAT PROPOSED FOR THE UK UNDER THE POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE BILL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEFORE PARLIAMENT.
IT IS FELT THAT A SCHEME OF THIS SORT, TO ALLOW THE PROMPT RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS WHICH OFTEN ARISE FROM A SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDING, COULD DO MUCH TO IMPROVE FURTHER POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS.+
MR LO ALSO PAID TRIBUTE FOR THE CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE THE GROUP HAS CONTINUED TO RECEIVE FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ALL OFFICERS OF THE COMPLAINTS AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH.
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MANNING OF LABS REFLECTS WORK DONE - HAYE
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THE NUMBER OF LABORATORY TECHNICIANS PROVIDED TO EACH SCHOOL IS BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE PERIODS A WEEK FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON COLVYN HAYE SAID TODAY.
THIS MANNING SCALE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1981, AND GIVES FULL RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW SCIENCE SYLLABUSES WITH MORE EMPHASIS ON PRACTICAL WORK, HE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN CONCERNING SCHOOL LABORATORIES, MR HAYE SAID THE 1981 MANNING SCALE IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PRACTICAL LESSONS AND FULLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT INCREASED SCHOOL WORKLOAD, WHILE ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE EITHER A FIVE-DAY WEEK OR A SIX-DAY CYCLE.
PRIOR TO THAT, MANNING HAD BEEN BASED ENTIRELY ON THE NUMBER OF LABORATORIES IN EACH SCHOOL.
THE +NEW+ MANNING SCALE, MR HAYE SAID, WAS INTRODUCED TO REFLECT THE WORK ACTUALLY DONE IN SCHOOL LABORATORIES, AND WAS DEEMED TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT 177 GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH FOUR LABORATORIES.
BASED ON THE PRESENT MANNING SCALE, 134 OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE ENTITLED TO NOT MORE THAN TWO LABORATORY TECHNICIANS AND 43 TO MORE THAN TWO TECHNICIANS, MR HAYE SAID.
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