FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1989
GOVT AIMS TO ASSURE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TONIGHT {FRIDAY} THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR THE COMING DECADE WAS DIRECTED AT ASSURING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS.
"AND I FORESEE AN INCREASING ROLE FOR INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES BY SCHOOLS, HEADS AND TEACHERS," HE SAID.
ADDRESSING THE 25TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MR YEUNG SPOKE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION FOR ALL, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME AND MORE AIDED AUTONOMY FOR AIDED SCHOOLS.
"THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S FOURTH REPORT (ECR 4) DUE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, WILL DEFINE CLEARLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY THE ISSUE WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE EARLY 1990'S TO ENSURE QUALITY IN ALL SECTORS OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, HE SAID.
"ECR 4 WILL THEN GO ON TO REVIEW PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED PROVISION OF NINE YEARS FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION, PROPOSE ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS IN THIS FIELD.
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"ONCE WE HAVE DECIDED ON THE FUTURE CONTENT OF EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO GO ON TO CONSIDER THE RIGHT APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN THE 1990'S.
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'THAT SUBJECT WILL BE COVERED IN ECR 5, TO BE PROBABLY IN EARLY 1991,' MR YEUNG SAID.
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TIGHTENING OF ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION IN HK
ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG HAS BREN TIGHTENED IN SEVERAL RESPECTS IN RECENT YEARS AND FURTHER LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR NIGEL SHIPMAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY, MR SHIPMAN SAID HONG KONG HAD RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF SMOKING AS A SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE.
HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN VARIOUS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS, TOGETHER WITH INCREASES IN TAXATION ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
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