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HAS BEEN IN ADDITION, A FOURTH SET CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF IMPORTED WORKERS.
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1991
SET UP TO
MONITOR THE
BENEFITS, STATUTORY
THE PROVIDE IMPORTED WORKERS WITH
IN THEIR STIPULATED
EMPLOYMENT DEDUCTION FROM WAGES, CONTRACTS AND CHECK IF THERE IS ANY UNLAWFUL
"APART FROM ENSURING THE GRANTING OF
EMPLOYERS TEAMS ALSO SEE TO IT THAT ACCOMMODATION TO
THE STANDARD
MR CHAN SAID.
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LIBERAL STUDIES TO BROADEN SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM
LIBERAL STUDIES IS ONE OF THE NEW ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY (AS)-LEVEL SUBJECTS DEVELOPED IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SIXTH FORM EDUCATION ΤΟ BROADEN THE SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) IN OPENING A SEMINAR FOR AS-LEVEL INSTEP COURSES IN LIBERAL STUDIES HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
MR LI SAID ΤΟ ASSIST TEACHERS ΤΟ TEACH THE NEW AS-LEVEL SUBJECTS MORE EFFECTIVELY, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD UNDERTAKEN ΤΟ FINANCE TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND HAD REQUESTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO ORGANISE THESE FOR TEACHERS.
HE ADDED THAT 'THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY HAD AGREED TO OFFER THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF TRAINING COURSES.
ON LIBERAL STUDIES, MR LI SAID: "THE SUBJECT IS A CURRICULUM INNOVATION IN TERMS OF CONTENT, STRUCTURE AND TEACHING APPROACH.
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'PEDAGOGICALLY, THE AIM OF THE SUBJECT IS TO HELP SIXTH FORM STUDENTS IN HONG KONG TO STRENGTHEN THEIR AWARENESS OF SIGNIFICANT CURRENT ISSUES IN MODERN SOCIETY AND OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY THEMSELVES CAN MAKE.
MR LI SAID LIBERAL STUDIES WOULD BE VALUABLE TO SIXTH FORMERS AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP WIDEN THEIR HORIZONS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
HE EXPLAINED THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENT TRAINING COURSES, THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE WOULD ALSO ORGANISE REGULAR SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS AND PREPARE RESOURCES FOR THEIR REFERENCE.
GIVEN THE PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT WHICH TEACHERS HAD ALWAYS RENDERED TO CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS, MR LI SAID HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT LIBERAL STUDIES WOULD EVENTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
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