FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16,
1992
QUESTION:
SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS. CONTINUING EDUCATION LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS. MORE POPULAR ASKED
INFORMATION COUNCIL
MR PATTEN, THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST SURVEY THE 1ST SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, HAS CONFIRMED THE LOW QUALITY
DATED OF SOME THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE STANDARD OF MANY TEXTBOOKS AND ASSESSMENT BOOKS WHICH WERE SILLY QUESTIONS AND DID NOT HAVE UP ON WORLD AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL ISSUES.
ΤΟ DATE BOTH AND THE HONG KONG PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS UNION HAVE
THE CONSUMER MOVES ΤΟ RESTRICT
ANNOUNCED UNSCRUPULOUS PUBLISHERS WHO PUSH
TEXTBOOKS. A PETITION FROM BOARD MEMBER OFFICERS AND CONCERNED GROUPS COUNCIL TO INITIATE A SURVEY WHICH WILL BE USED AND PUBLISH A LIST OF DISHONEST PUBLISHERS. HAPPENED.
PROMOTE
SUB-STANDARD
DISTRICT CONSUMER
**
UP
EIGHT
PRICES
AND
TUEN MUN PROMPTED THE TO COMPILE SQ FAR NOTHING HAS
ENGLISH
A REVIEW OF THE GRAMMATICAL STANDARDS OF SOME TEXTBOOKS HAS DRIVEN LANGUAGE TEACHERS ALMOST TO THE BRINK OF DESPAIR. DR AMY CHUI BIK-MEI, A LECTURER AT THE STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SAID:
OF CURRICULUM THE
"WE COULDN'T EXERCISES IN A LOT OF THE BOOKS WANTED TO ACHIEVE
SEE WHAT TEACHING, AND
IN THE BOOKS DON'T TEACH THE STUDENTS
TERMS OF WORKS WITH FULL INFORMATION.
HOW THE LANGUAGE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER FROM TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR LAU YUK-KEE, EXAMINED DRAFTS FIVE BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THE EDUCATION ENGLISH COURSE
FOR A MODERN AND HE FOUND ERRORS IN ALL THE BOOKS, WHICH WOULD REFLECT AND
HE SAID SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH.
HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
BY THE CORRECT.
TEACHERS AS THEM, I'M
DEPARTMENT
MADE
BY RECOMMENDED
SOME
OF
SO REINFORCE COMMON ERRORS THEY OCCUR IN THE BOOK AND SO WILL BE ACCEPTED BY I THINK IT WILL BE TOO MUCH IF I READ ALL AND I THANK YOU, LASTLY, FOR YOUR KINDNESS TO RECEIVE A OF THIS NEWSPAPER FROM ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SORRY.
GOVERNOR:
KWUN FOR
COPY
THE FIRST PERHAPS, IF
JUST BEFORE ANSWERING, CAN I SAY THAT BOTH TWO QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ON VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, BUT QUESTIONERS FROM NOW ON COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEFER, WE'D BE ABLE TO GET IN MORE QUESTIONS.
ALL OF US, I'M SURE, SHARE YOUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG. PARTLY A MATTER OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND GIVING
WE KNOW THAT IS MORE TIME TO GIVE TO THEIR PUPILS;
THEM THAT
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE HAVE A SYLLABUS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHICH IS UP TODATE,
CERTAIN DEVELOP OUR CURRICULUM IN
THAT A SENSIBLE WAY
WE TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIAL TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND THAT WE HAVE THE
WE
NOW, I KNOW THAT THE EDUCATIONAL
QUALITY OF SUBJECT WHICH CONCERNS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
ENGLISH IS AN UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS AND COLLEGES BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMETIMES IT CONCERNS OUR WORRIED ABOUT THE STANDARD OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS,
WHO ARE COMING AND IT
INTO ALSO CONCERNS MANY BUSINESSMEN
THEIR CONCERNED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD REMAIN AN INTERNATIONAL, FINANCIAL AND WHO ARE VERY COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND, IF IT'S TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT CAN USE ENGLISH FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AS WELL
WE MANDARIN. IT'S A SUBJECT
AS CANTONESE THAT I'VE
AND UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AND IT'S A SUBJECT THAT I ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE INTEND TO DISCUSS WITH MY BUSINESS COUNCIL AND, IN THE LIGHT OF DISCUSSIONS, I WILL CERTAINLY, AS YOU'VE SUGGESTED, TAKE UP WITH
THOSE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE PARTICULAR
THE RAISED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CURRICULUM MATERIAL IN THE CLASSROOM.
POINTS YOU'VE
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