THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1986
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BRIEFING ON JSEA SYSTEM REPORT
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A REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM WILL BE PUBLISHED THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE REPORT WAS COMPILED BY A WORKING PARTY SET UP BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE OPERATION OF THE JSEA SYSTEM AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS PROGRESSING FROM FORM 3 TO FORM 4 AFTER THE JSEA SYSTEM IS PHASED OUT IN 1991.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY, MR JOHN WINFIELD, WILL BE BRIEFING THE PRESS IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, THIRD FLOOR, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, AT 3 PM. COPIES OF THE REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AT 2.30 PM AT BOTH THE EDUCATION HEADQUARTERS AND AT GIS NEWSROOM.
FREE ENTERPRISE KEY TO ECONOMIC SUCCESS - SCOTT
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IN PORTRAYING A WIDE PORTFOLIO OF HONG KONG'S ACHIEVEMENTS, DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR ALAN SCOTT, TOLD A SELECT U.S. AUDIENCE YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE TERRITORY COULD NOT BE AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS IF IT WERE NOT A FREE SOCIETY COMMITTED TO THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.
AND HE REITERATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE IS A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR THE TERRITORY IN 1997, WITHOUT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL DISLOCATION.
SPEAKING TO THE BAY AREA OF SAN FRANCISCO HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, MR SCOTT SAID THAT ULTIMATELY CONFIDENCE REMAINED THE KEY TO SMOOTH TRANSITION, TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TO SOCIAL STABILITY.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT FOR ITS PART HAD BEEN INVESTING HEAVILY, AS ALWAYS, IN INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH ROLL-OVER LONG TERM PLANS FOR TRANSPORT, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
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