SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1989
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ENGLISH STANDARD STRESSED
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WITH
ORAL BOTH
AND KONG'S GROWTH AS
IN ENGLISH, FLUENCY DEMAND FOR PEOPLE WRITTEN, HAS INCREASED RAPIDLY AS A RESULT OF HONG AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CENTRE,
AND MANPOWER, MR DOMINIC
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION S.W. WONG, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE THE GOOD HOPE SCHOOL.
GRADUATION
RECOGNISED HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD OUTSTRIPPED SUPPLY.
CEREMONY
OF
THAT
THIS
DEMAND
HAD
**WE
RESOURCES HAVE ALLOCATED SUBSTANTIAL VARIOUS MEASURES AIMED TO IMPROVE ENGLISH STANDARDS SAID.
AND
IN
HAVE TAKEN SCHOOLS, HE
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"MORE WILL BE DONE IN THIS REGARD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER MEANS OF RAISING ENGLISH STANDARDS.
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HOWEVER, MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT EFFORTS WITHIN SCHOOLS NEVER BE PERFECT.
"EMPLOYERS ALSO HAVE A PART TO PLAY,
HE SAID.
"THERE IS ALWAYS THE NEED FOR EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYEES THEIR
COULD
TO SUPPLEMENT SCHOOL THE TYPE OF PRACTICAL AND ACHIEVEMENT BY GIVING SPECIALISED ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING REQUIRED IN THEIR ORGANISATIONS,
"I AM GLAD TO NOTE THAT THIS CONSCIOUSNESS HAS BEGUN TO EMERGE, AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL GATHER MOMENTUM.
"HONG KONG WILL CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM ALL
THESE CO-ORDINATED
EFFORTS.
MR WONG ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE GOOD HOPE SCHOOL FOR LAYING GOOD FOUNDATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STANDARDS FOR ITS PUPILS.
A
EDUCATION AND FOR "THIS WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR HIGHER
HE ADDED, HONG KONG'S COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
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