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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1988
"TEN CASES HAVE BEEN REFERRED то THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL FOR ADJUDICATION. SIX CASES WERE ENQUIRIES ONLY AND HAVE NOT YET LED TO ANY CLAIMS BEING FORMALLY LODGED.
IN THE REMAINING THREE
CASES THE EMPLOYERS WERE APPARENTLY UNABLE TO PAY, MR BRIDGE SAID, NOTING THAT TWO OF THE CASES INVOLVED A TOTAL OF THREE GARMENT WORKERS.
"SUBJECT TO THEIR CLAIMS BEING VERIFIED THEY WILL RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM THE INSOLVENCY FUND, HE SAID.
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1991 LIKELY DATE FOR FORM 6 COMPUTER STUDIES
THE EARLIEST THAT COMPUTER STUDIES CAN BE AVAILABLE AS A NEW SIXTH FORM SUBJECT 13 LIKELY TO BE IN 1991, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SZETO WAH, MR BRIDGE SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS LIAISING WITH THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY ON THE FORMATION OF SUBJECT COMMITTEES FOR NEW SIXTH FORM COURSES, INCLUDING COMPUTER STUDIES.
"IN 1986 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ASKED THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER INTRODUCING COMPUTER STUDIES AS AN EXAMINATION SUBJECT FOR THE SIXTH FORM,' MR BRIDGE SAID.
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CAREFULLY, BUT CONCLUDED
"THE AUTHORITY STUDIED THE PROPOSAL THAT IT WAS NOT PRACTICABLE TO GO AHEAD WITH DEVELOPING SYLLABUSES UNTIL WE HAD TAKEN DECISIONS ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SIXTH FORM.
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MR BRIDGE POINTED OUT THAT THE AUTHORITY NEEDED TO KNOW IN PARTICULAR HOW THE NEW 1 LEVELS WOULD RELATE TO A LEVELS AND WHETHER THEY WOULD REPLACE H LEVELS.
THESE DECISIONS HAD NOW BEEN TAKEN AND WERE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 30.
ALLOWING FOR THE NORMAL LEAD TIME
REQUIRED FOR THE PLANNING COMPUTER STUDIES COULD
AND INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SUBJECT,
E INTRODUCED IN THE FORM 6 CURRICULUM IN 1991, WITH THE FIRST EXAMINATIONS TO BE HELD IN 1993, HE ADDED.
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