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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3,
1993
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EMBARKS ON 16 RESEARCH PROJECTS
16 TEACHING
AND
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS EMBARKED ON LEARNING-RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS SINCE 1988, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR CHAN SAID THE REPORTS ON THE COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE
PARTIES WHICH HAD A LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THEM.
PUBLIC SAID.
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"THESE REPORTS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR RELEASE то THE GENERAL HE BECAUSE THEY WERE CARRIED OUT TO MEET DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS,
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HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THERE HAD BEEN LITTLE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE FINDINGS OF THESE PROJECTS TO WARRANT WIDE PUBLICATION.
ON THE COSTS OF THE PROJECTS, MR CHAN SAID A CLEAR APPORTIONMENT WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE PROJECTS WERE CARRIED OUT BY DEPARTMENTAL STAFF.
REMEDIAL CLASSES FOR STUDENTS WITH STUDY PROBLEMS
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UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS HEALTH, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS PRIVATE UNNECESSARY.
PROTRACTED ILL TUITION то BE
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ERIC LI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONDUCT A SURVEY ON PRIVATE TUITION, MR CHAN SAID: "SCHOOLS OPERATE REMEDIAL CLASSES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR WORK AND ADDITIONAL TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
"FOR THIS REASON, THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO PLANS ΤΟ CONDUCT ANY SURVEY ON THE SUBJECT."