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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989
IN
THE TRAINING OF LOCAL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH HAD BEEN IMPROVED RECENT YEARS BY THE RECRUITMENT OF EXPATRIATE LECTURERS FOR THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND
ILE, AND BY THE INTENSIVE 23-WEEK
COURSES FOR SERVING TEACHERS RUN BY THE ILE.
SINCE 1987 THESE COURSES HAD INCLUDED FOUR WEEKS OF TOTAL IMMERSION LANGUAGE TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR A TOTAL OF 153 TEACHERS. THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS SENT ANNUALLY WOULD INCREASE FROM 104 THIS YEAR TO 440 IN FINANCIAL YEAR 1993-94.
HE NOTED THAT THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS UNION HAD SUGGESTED AN ALTERNATIVE SCHEME UNDER WHICH NATIVE ENGLISH FROM OVERSEAS WOULD BE INVITED TO HONG KONG то RUN PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL TEACHERS.
RECENTLY
SPEAKERS LANGUAGE
EDUCATION
THIS PROPOSAL WAS NOW BEING CONSIDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT MEASURE.
GOVERNOR TO VISIT CENTRAL AND WESTERN
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON WILL VISIT CENtral DISTRICT TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON TO LOOK RE-DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES PLANNED FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND WESTERN
AT VARIOUS
SIR DAVID WILL FIRST VISIT LAN KWAI FONG IN CENTRAL, AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSEFUL URBAN REDEVELOPMENT WITH PRIVATE INITIATIVE.
HE WILL THEN PROCEED TO WING ON STREET-COMMONLY KNOWN AS 'CLOTH ALLEY', WHICH LIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED GILMAN STREET COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN GO TO LOK SZE TERRACE AND VISIT NEARBY RESIDENTIAL TERRACES IN KENNEDY TOWN.
THE NEXT STOP WILL BE THE WHITTY STREET COMPOUND WHERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN.
SIR DAVID WILL HAVE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE WESTERN RECLAMATION FROM A HIGH-RISE BUILDING IN SHEUNG WAN. THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN MEET MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A RECEPTION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT ΤΟ CENTRAI AND WESTERN DISTRICT TOMORROW (THURSDAY). REPORTERS ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE LAN KWAI FONG SITTING-OUT AREA, NEXT TO THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT 2 PM. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED ΤΟ COVER THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR.
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