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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1986
THIS WAS THAT STUDENTS AT FORMS 4 - 5 LEVEL SHOULD SELECT ONE PRACTICAL OR TECHNICAL SUBJECT, SUCH AS ART AND DESIGN, POTTERY, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, HOME ECONOMICS, NEEDLEWORK-DRESSING OR COMMERCIAL STUDIES.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, A NUMBER OF NEW SUBJECTS AT ORDINARY LEVEL HAD BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE CURRICULA. THESE INCLUDED ENGINEERING SCIENCE, HUMAN BIOLOGY, COMPUTER STUDIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES, MR LEUNG SAID.
TWO MORE NEW SUBJECTS WERE INTRODUCED RECENTLY -- ACCOMMODATION AND CATERING SERVICES, FASHION AND CLOTHING TO SUIT STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT APTITUDES AND ABILITIES.
TO FURTHER CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF PUPILS, MORE NEW SUBJECTS AT NON-ORDINARY LEVEL WOULD BE INTRODUCED. THEY WOULD INCLUDE BASIC MATHEMATICS, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
BASED ON THE BROADER CURRICULA PUPILS COULD SELECT SUBJECTS AT ORDINARY AND NON-ORDINARY LEVELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR APTITUDE AND ABILITY.
THOSE WHO HAD ATTAINED GOOD ACADEMIC RESULTS COULD FURTHER THEIR STUDIES ACCORDING TO THEIR CHOICES WHILE THOSE WHO DID NOT DO SO WELL WOULD BE BETTER PREPARED TO ENTER INTO SOCIETY TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT, MR LEUNG ADDED.
MORE LAND FOR TAI PO DEVELOPMENT
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THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO FORM ABOUT 20 HECTARES OF LAND AND BUILD A NUMBER OF ROADS IN THE WAN TAU TONG, PAK KIU, TO YUEN TUNG AND MA WO AREAS ADJACENT TO TAI PO MARKET KCR STATION.
THE LAND FORMED WILL BE USED FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS, A MEDICAL CENTRE, A SPORTS HALL, SCHOOLS AND LOCAL OPEN SPACE.
A DISTRIBUTOR ROAD OF 1,2 KILOMETRES, FIVE LOCAL ROADS TOTALLING 1.5 KILOMETRES AND TWO SLIP ROADS - EACH MEASURING 300 METRES, AND LINKING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD NEAR LAI CHI SHAN - WILL BE BUILT TO SERVE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
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