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FRIDAY JUNE 14, 1985
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE COMMISSION WISHED TO RECEIVE IDEAS ON OPEN EDUCATION BY THE END OF
JULY.
+THE PUBLIC SHOULD SEND THEIR VIEWS, IN CHINESE OR ENGLISH, TO THE SECRETARY TO THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, EAST WING, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG.+
HE ADDED THAT THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WAS NOT SEEKING PUBLIC VIEWS ON OTHER SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE OF THE WEALTH OF COMMENT ALREADY AVAILABLE FROM VIEWS PUT FORWARD ON THE REPORT BY THE VISITING PANEL, BUT REPRESENTATIONS ON ANY ASPECTS OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY COULD BE MADE TO THE COMMISSION AT ANY TIME.
REVISED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) BILL PUBLISHED
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FOLLOWING THE DEBATE AND SECOND READING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) BILL 1985 ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 12), A REVISED VERSION OF THE BILL, CONTAINING AMENDMENTS TO BE PROPOSED AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE, HAS PÉEN PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S (FRIDAY) GAZETTE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.
HK GROUP TO SEE UK VOCATIONAL TRAINING
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A DELEGATION HEADED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, DR FRANCIS TIEN, WILL LEAVE FOR LONDON OVER THE WEEKEND TO STUDY THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WILL BE MR ALEX S.C. WU, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: MR JOHN H.P. LOK, MEMBER, MR H.R. KNIGHT, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND MR T.Y. CHUI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR J.N. HENDERSON, WILL JOIN THE DELEGATION AS A MEMBER, AT THE COUNCIL'S INVITATION.
THE NINE-DAY STUDY TOUR WILL START FROM JUNE 18 AND IS BEING MADE AT THE INVITATION OF THE BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, THE HON PETER MORRISON, WHO HAD TOURED HONG KONG AND THE FAR EAST IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
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