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"THIRDLY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT EACH BUILDING MAY HAVE ITS UNIQUE PROBLEMS, THE COMMITTEE, WHEN HANDLING THESE BUILDINGS, WILL CONSIDER INDIVIDUAL CASES AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO RECTIFY IRREGULARITIES.'
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MR WAN ADDED THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD EXERCISE DISCRETION MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON ACTIONS AGAINST UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS, AND THAT PRIORITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHICH WERE CAUSING IMMINENT DANGER TO LIFE AND LIMB.
"WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST YEAR, THE COMMITTEE EMBARKING ON ANOTHER PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE SECOND BATCH OF BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
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"IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT OWNERS CORPORATIONS OF THOSE TARGET BUILDINGS ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND HAVE RECTIFIED MANY IRREGULARITIES AND IMPROVED TIE STANDARD OF MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATING ΤΟ SANITATION, MAINTENANCE AND FIRE PREVENTION," MR WAN CONCLUDED.
COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION * * * * *
PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WOULD UNDERGO CONSIDERABLE CHANGES IN THE COMING YEARS WITH GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE THIS SECTOR OF EDUCATION QUANTITATIVELY AND QUALITATIVELY, THE SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (DEVELOPMENT), MR ROBERT LO, SAID TODAY
(FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CARITAS CHAN CHUN HA PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRE IN FANLING, MR LO SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADOPTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NOS. 1 AND 2 TO REVISE THE CLASS STRUCTURE, STAFF ESTABLISHMENT AND THE RATIO OF GRADUATE ΤΟ NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
THE REVISION WOULD INCLUDE THE EXPANSION OF FORM 4 CLASSES, THE PROVISION OF FORM 6 CURRICULA AND THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GRADUATE TEACHERS, SAID MR LO.
AS A RESULT OF THESE CHANGES, PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WOULD STAND A BETTER STUDIES IN TERRITORY INSTITUTIONS, TO BE ORDER TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY PROFESSIONAL ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED FOR THEIR PROFESSION.
MR LO SAID, STUDENTS OF CHANCE то FURTHER THEIR PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED IN QUALIFICATIONS OR то BE
MR LO ENVISAGED THAT PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE, ATTRACTIVE, AND POPULAR AMONG STUDENTS AND PARENTS. THEIR IMPORTANCE WOULD BE MORE WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE SOCIETY.
/THE CARITAS