WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1986
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ADOLESCENTS ADMITTED TO PAEDIATRIC WARDS
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ADOLESCENTS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 15 ARE BEING ADMITTED INTO PAEDIATRIC WARDS AT THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL IN VIEW OF THE RELATIVE OVER-UTILISATION OF ADULT MEDICAL WARDS COMPARED WITH CHILDREN'S WARDS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, MR CHAMBERS SAID CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO EXTENDING THE SAME ARRANGEMENT TO OTHER PUBLIC HOSPITALS, SUBJECT TO CONSULTATION WITH THE PHYSICIANS AND PAEDIATRICIANS CONCERNED.
EXPLANATION GIVEN FOR EXAM TAPE MIX-UP
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THE REASON FOR INVALIDATING THE USE OF ENGLISH LISTENING TEST FOR THE ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION ON APRIL 12 WAS THAT THE TEST TAPES WERE NOT COPIED FROM THE EDITED MASTER TAPE, BUT FROM AN UNEDITED WORKING TAPE WHICH HAD BEEN INADEQUATELY LABELLED, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PAULINE NG, MR HENDERSON SAID NORMALLY A STUDENT TAKING THE TEST WOULD HEAR A SET OF OPENING INSTRUCTIONS, FOLLOWED BY TWO READINGS OF THE SET PASSAGE AND THEN A FURTHER INSTRUCTION TO OPEN THE SEALED ENVELOPE CONTAINING THE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
ON THIS OCCASION, BOTH SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS PRECEDED ONE READING OF THE SET PASSAGE, HE SAID.
MR HENDERSON SAID INVIGILATORS AT SOME OF THE 90 T3'5 CENTRES STOPPED THE TEST IMMEDIATELY WHILE OTHERS ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE.
+ IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY CONCLUDED THAT THE ONLY FAIR AND SATISFACTORY COURSE WAS TO RESET THE TEST. THIS HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2,+ HE SAID.
MR HENDERSON NOTED THAT THE AUTHORITY WAS AN INDEPENDENT BODY ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE TO CONDUCT PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS IN HONG KONG AND WAS WHOLLY FINANCED FROM FEES CHARGED TO EXAMINATION CANDIDATES,
/+THERE WELL