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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1989
MRS FAN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF EDUCATION COMMISSION
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED APPOINTMENTS TO CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AS WELL AS CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION.
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MRS RITA FAN WILL SUCCEED SIR QUO-WEI LEE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1 1990. MR TIMOTHY HA WILL BECOME CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN PLACE OF MRS FAN FROM THE SAME DATE.
THE PRESENT TERMS OF OFFICE OF SIR QUO-WEI LEE AND MISS MARIA TAM WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 1989, WHILE TWO NEW MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED: MRS SELINA CHOW AND MR SZETO WAH.
THE GOVERNMENT PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ESTABLISHMENT IN 1984.
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QUO-WEI LEE FOR HIS COMMISSION SINCE ITS
"SIR QUO-WEI WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING UP THE COMMISSION
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THE PUBLICATION OF ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS, A GOVERNMENT SPORESMAN SAID.
"THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THESE REPORTS, NEARLY ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, HAVE RESULTED IN A WIDE RANGE OF MAJOR EDUCATIONAL REFORMS.
"THESE INCLUDE THE STRENGTHENING OF THE SIXTH FORM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE, INTRODUCTION OF A UNIFIED POINT OF ENTRY INTO TERTIARY AND THE SETTING-UP OF THE NEW DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME SCHOOLS.
CURRICULUM, THE PLANNED INSTITUTIONS FOR PRIVATE
"UNDER SIR QUO-WEI'S GUIDANCE, THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO LAID THE FOUNDATIONS NOT ONLY FOR ITS FORTHCOMING REPORT ON NINE YEARS' FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION, BUT ALSO FOR A LONG-TERM PicGRAMME OF WORK TO TAKE IT INTO THE 1990'S.'
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THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, MRS RITA FAMILIAR WITH EDUCATION POLICY-MAKING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
"SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SINCE 1984, ITS CHAIRMAN SINCE 1987 AND AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION FROM THE SAME DATE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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SHE IS CONVENER OF THE OMELCO STANDING PANEL ON EDUCATION AND HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC. MRS FAN IS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS."
/MR TIMOTHY