THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990
"THE NEW TYPE OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION FOR THE 1990'S WILL BE BOTH A MATRICULATION STREAM FOR THOSE WHO PROCEED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE REAL VALUE FOR THOSE WHO
THE JOB
MARKET.
KNTER
HE SAID WORK WAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY TO ACHIEVE THE TIMETABLE LEVEL COURSES TO ALL OF INTRODUCING THE NEW ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN 1992.
LEVEL
SUBJECTS,
то HELP TEACHERS TEACH THE NEW AS
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS PLANNING TWO TYPES OF SERVICE TRAINING COURSES.
"THEY CONSIST, FIRSTLY, OF SHORT COURSES, SEMINARS AND
RUN BY WORKSHOPS ORGANISED AND
THE INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE
OF COURSES COMMISSIONED BY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SECONDLY,
THE
DEPARTMENT BUT RUN BY TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
"SOME OF THESE COURSES WILL COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, MR YEUNG SAID.
HE SAID THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY HAD SECURED INSTITUTIONS ON THE RECOGNITION OF AS LEVEL RESULTS BY THE TERTIARY BASIS THAT TWO AS LEVEL PASSES WOULD EQUATE WITH ONE A LEVEL PASS ADMISSION PURPOSES.
SECURE
OF ACCEPTANCE
AS LEVELS "THE NEXT HURDLE IS TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, SOMETHING THAT IS BEING WORKED ON THE MOMENT, HE ADDED.
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FAVOUR WITH
ABLE
"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE NEW AS LEVELS WILL FIND STUDENTS, WHO WILL FIND THEMSELVES MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND BETTER TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES OF LATER LIFE," HE SAID.
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GOVERNOR VISITS TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
OF
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT DURING
VISIT TO THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).
A
OF
TERRITORY
DEVELOPMENT,
THE GOVERNOR FIRST VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS
THE HE WAS BRIEFED BY KAM-FAN.
DIRECTOR
DR
WHERE NIP
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DR NIP EXPLAINED THAT THE DEPARTMENT
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, NAMELY DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIGHT NEW TOWNS TSUEN WAN/KWAI TSING, SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, TAI PO, FANLING/SHEUNG YUEN LONG, TIN SHUI WAI AND TSEUNG KWAN O.
SHUI,
/EACH NEW
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