THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1992
STATEMENT ON REVISION OF TEXTBOOKS
IN REPLY TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES ON REVISION OF TEXTBOOKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS WELL AWARE THAT PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE UNDULY BURDENED FINANCIALLY THROUGH TEXTBOOKS BEING CHANGED UNNECESSARILY.
HE SAID SCHOOLS WERE ADVISED EVERY YEAR THROUGH CIRCULARS THAT CHANGES BE MADE ONLY IN TEXTBOOKS CURRENTLY IN USE BUT WHICH HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE UNSUITABLE.
"WHERE A SERIES OF GRADED BOOKS IS ΤΟ BE REPLACED, THE NEW SERIES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED GRADUALLY, BEGINNING AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AND NOT AT ALL LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL AT ANY ONE TIME EXCEPT THE EVENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW SYLLABUS.
"THE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATIONS MEET TWICE A TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND REVIEW THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN PRACTICE.
"BUT IN VIEW OF TODAY'S PETITION AT THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT WILL CONTACT THE COUNCIL TO OBTAIN DETAILS OF COMPLAINTS TO FACILITATE INVESTIGATION.
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"THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO CONTACT THE ASSOCIATIONS ΤΟ REVIEW THE CURRENT PRACTICE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TODAY {THURSDAY} ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
THE GRADING SYSTEM SERVES TO INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE GRADING WOULD BE ANNOUNCED BIWEEKLY DURING THE BATHING SEASON то COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATER WAS USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI DATA OBTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.
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AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH THAT HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.
THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON A VERY LARGE BODY OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
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