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HE ALSO SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE 51 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT SCHEME, 62 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE ALREADY OFFERING PUTONGHUA WITHIN THE FORMAL CURRICULUM AND ANOTHER 46 WERE PROMOTING IT ON AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR BASIS.
MR PAGLIARI POINTED OUT THAT COURSES HAD ALSO BEEN ORGANISED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS OF PUTONG HUA. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS RUNNING EVENING COURSES WHILE THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION WAS OFFERING COURSES IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS RETRAINING PROGRAMME FOR TEACHERS OF CHINESE.
+SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 843 SERVING TEACHERS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE TEACHING OF PUTONG HUA AND PLANS ARE IN HAND TO PROVIDE REFRESHER COURSES TO ENSURE THAT STANDARDS ARE MAINTAINED, HE SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION BEGAN OFFERING PRE-SERVICE TRAINING IN PUTONGHUA TEACHING AS AN ELECTIVE SUBJECT IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND 144 STUDENTS WERE CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
+A TOTAL OF AROUND 2 600 TEACHERS WILL HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING BY 1992, WHICH SHOULD ENABLE ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO INTRODUCE THIS SUBJECT IF THEY WISH,+ MR PAGLIARI FURTHER ADDED.
NEED TO EMPLOY DISABLED PERSONS STRESSED
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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PERSONS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, HR FORD SAID THAT IN 1984, THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYED 1 762 DISABLED PERSONS: IN 1985 THE TOTAL STOOD AT 1 960 AND THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE FOR 1986 WAS 2 357. THESE FIGURES REPRESENTED RESPECTIVELY, 1.03 PER CENT, 1.13 PER CENT AND 1.34 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE, HE ADDED.
+THIS YEAR'S FIGURES SHOW AN ENCOURAGING INCREASE IN THAT THERE ARE NOW 2 832 DISABLED PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, OR 1.58 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STRENGTH.
/+OF MESE,