16
"GIVEN THE
MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL
HONG KONG'S BILATERAL
JAPAN FOR
то HAVE
A
11
HE SAID.
IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING TRADE WITH JAPAN, IT IS GREATER PRESENCE IN THE HONG KONG BANKING SECTOR,
THE
GRANTING OF
THE LICENCE
BRINGS
ARE 138
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCORPORATED OUTSIDE HONG LICENSED BANKS TO 168, OF WHICH KONG. A TOTAL OF FIVE BANKING LICENCES HAVE BEEN GRANTED THIS YEAR.
0
VIEWS SOUGHT ON MEASURES TO ENSURE FULLEST POSSIBLE SIXTH-FORM ENROLMENT
*
REMEDIAL MEASURES SIXTH-FORM PLACES IN
SCHOOLS COUNCILS ARE NOW BEING CONSULTED ON TO SECURE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE UTILISATION OF PUBLIC-SECTOR SCHOOLS.
THE PROPOSALS
AROSE
FROM HAD
THE FACT
THE NEED FOR SIXTH-FORM ENROLMENT RATIO IN THESE SCHOOLS PER CENT IN 1985 TO 79.2 PER CENT LAST YEAR, THE EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE
ТНАТ DECLINED FROM 86.8 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
OF PUBLIC FUNDS
CONTINUE,
14 "UNDER-ENROLMENT TO THIS DEGREE IS WASTEFUL AND OTHER RESOURCES AND QUITE CLEARLY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HE SAID IN AN ADDRESS GIVEN AT THE 25TH ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF SHAU WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.
H
KEI
OF UNDER-ENROLMENT WERK MANY SCHOOLS AND APPLYING SUCCESSFULLY
MR WINFIELD SAID THE TWO MAIN CAUSES THE HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADMISSION POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE PRACTICE OF MANY WELL-QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL.
"OTHER FACTORS
INCLUDE
EMIGRATION,
OVERSEAS
STUDENTS
STUDY OFFERED
INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE INSTITUTES AND
НЕ POLYTECHNICS,
OPPORTUNITIES AND EARLY DROPOUT FROM SECONDARY 6 BY PLACES After the SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEGUN IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, SAID.
TECHNICAL
THE
ENTRY
PLANNED TERTIARY EXAMINATIONS UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTIVE AND AT ODDS WITH THE CURRICULUM REFORM, HE SAID.
THE REMEDIAL MEASURES INCLUDED REMOVING, OR AT LEAST
REQUIREMENTS FOR
A-LEVEL SITTING WITH WHICH,
(ADVANCED
LOWERING, LEVEL) WERE EXPANSION,
NOW UNDERLYING SPIRIT OF
ANOTHER MEASURE WOULD
BX ΤΟ
WITHOUT
AFFECTING
WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE IN SCIENCE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF A-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS, PARTICULARLY
MATHEMATICS, AND
OVERSEAS
RECOGNITION.
BUT
STANDARDS
OR
+
THEIR SECONDARY 6
SCHOOLS WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FILL ALL PLACES BY A FIVE-STAGE ADMISSION PROCEDURE, HE SAID.
REDUCE
/"THE PROPOSED