WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989
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MORE A-LEVEL CHINESE REFERENCE BOOKS TO COME ON STREAM
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THE CHINESE TEXTBOOKS COMMITTEE (CTC) HAS COMPLETED PHASE OF ITS WORK AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT ON AVAILABILITY OF CHINESE REFERENCE BOOKS FOR ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION OF CHINESE TEXTBOOKS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ORGANISED BY THE CTC, MR LI SAID THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF $10.8 MILLION TO BE PAID OUT AS AWARDS TO PUBLISHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE CTC'S INCENTIVE AWARD SCHEME TO PRODUCE GOOD QUALITY CHINESE TEXTBOOKS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE CTC, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR SZETO WAH, IN PHASE I OF ITS WORK DEALT WITH THE PRODUCTION OF CHINESE TEXTBOOKS FOR GENERAL SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
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IN PHASE 11 OF ITS WORK, THE COMMITTEE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS THE PRODUCTION OF CHINESE TEXTBOOKS FOR PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
MR LI PAID TRIBUTE то MEMBERS OF THE CTC FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN ENCOURAGING PUBLISHERS TO PRODUCE MORE GOOD QUALITY CHINESE TEXTBOOKS.
ALSO SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, THE CTC VICE CHAIRMAN, MR DAVID CHEUNG, THANKED THE PUBLISHERS AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE EFFORTS THEY MADE IN MEETING THE TARGET SET FOR THE PHASE I OF THE AWARD SCHEME AND LOOKED FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
I ON DISPLAY AT THE EXHIBITION AT THE HK TEACHERS CENTRE AT PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT ARE 68 SETS OF CHINESE TEXTBOOKS PRODUCED BY 25 PUBLISHERS IN 14 SUBJECTS UNDER PHASE 1 OF THE INCENTIVE AWARD SCHEME, AND CHINESE TEXTBOOKS ALREADY ON THE RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS LISTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH 1989
THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 6 PER CENT AND 34 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ACCORDING ΤΟ STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 21 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
/THE GROWTH