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on
MONDAY, JULY 5, 1993
WAS
MR LEE SAID THE TOTAL FUND NEEDED FOR THIS YEAR AT $39 MILLION, THIS WILL BE MET BY A $14 MILLION DONATION ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT BOARDS AND PRIVATE BODIES.
ON BEHALF OF THE SYP COMMITTEE, MR LEE THANKED THE KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT TO THE
OPENING OF
ESTIMATED FROM THE GOVERNMENT
ROYAL HONG PROGRAMME.
TO MARK THE
THIS YEAR'S
AN PROGRAMME, CEREMONY CUM VARIETY SHOW ENTITLING "SWINGING SUMMER" WILL AT THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS ON JULY 10.
OPENING
BE STAGED
SOME 1,000 PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INVITED TO THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AND THE SECRETRY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SURN.
EVENT IS SCHEDULED IN ADDITION, A "JUBILEE DAY" AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED AT VARIOUS DISTRICTS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYP, MR LEE ADDED.
ON AUGUST 8 ΤΟ CELEBRATE
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THIS YEAR'S SYP CAN BE DIRECTED ΤΟ ANY DISTRICT OFFICES.
SEARCH FOR HK INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION DIRECTOR
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION IS LOOKING FOR THE FIRST DIRECTOR TO HEAD THE INSTITUTE.
APPLICANTS SHOULD HOLD A DOCTORATE DEGREE, HAVE EXPERIENCE IN TEACHER EDUCATION AND PREFERABLY AGED BETWEEN 40 TO 55.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND TEACHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG WILL BE AN ADVANTAGE. KNOWLEDGE OF THE
AND CHINESE LANGUAGE CULTURE IS DESIRABLE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID THE JOB CARRIED A MONTHLY SALARY OF $106,950 WHICH WAS EQUIVALENT TO A GOVERNMENT OFFICER AT THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS INCLUDE SUBSIDISED HOUSING, LEAVE, PASSAGE, CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ALLOWANCE AS WELL AS BENEFITS COMMENSURATE WITH A POSITION OF SUCH IMPORTANCE.
DIRECTOR
"THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AS THE IS EXPECTED TO OVERSEE THE PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION WHICH WILL BE THE KEY PROVIDER OF TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES IN HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"HE WILL HAVE TO OVERSEE THE SUCCESSFUL MERGER OF THE FOUR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION.
/"THE DIRECTOR