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COURSES TO IMPROVE TEACHERS
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1993
PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH
THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION IS PLANNING A SERIES OF COURSES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE USING OR WILL USE ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION.
THE
16-WEEK FULL-TIME COURSE WILL AIM то IMPROVE PROFICIENCY IN
ENGLISH, AND THEIR SKILLS IN USING ENGLISH
OTHER SUBJECTS.
TEACHERS' TO TEACH
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SIMON IP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID 81 TEACHERS WOULD ATTEND THE FIRST SUCH COURSE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.
"THEREAFTER, TWO COURSES WILL BE ORGANISED EACH ACADEMIC WITH A TOTAL TARGET INTAKE OF 200 TEACHERS A YEAR, HE SAID.
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YEAR,
AS REGARDS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RECRUITS, MR LEUNG NOTED THAT THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS HAD ALREADY STIPULATED THE MINIMUM ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS.
BE
FROM
QUALIFICATIONS
IS
WHETHER MORE STRINGENT LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD STIPULATED FOR NEW TEACHERS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES ON WHICH ADVICE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND AWAITED, HE SAID.
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STANDARD TIME TO BE MAINTAINED
THROUGHOUT
TIME +8) 1988
HONG KONG ADOPTED ITS STANDARD TIME (GREENWICH MEAN
THE YEAR AFTER A FOUR-MONTH CONSULTATION EXERCISE IN AND THEREAFTER A CLEAR MAJORITY HAS PREFERRED TO MAINTAIN THE QUO, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID.
STATUS
THE
AND SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC DEMAND TO REVIEW
HE SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY PRACTICE,
TO A
BY QUESTION
THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WAS
GOVERNMENT INTRODUCTION
MR SUEN ALSO STRESSED THAT THE DECISION TO MAINTAIN GMT+8 TAKEN AFTER VIEWS WERE WIDELY SOUGHT FROM DISTRICT BOARDS, DEPARTMENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOLLOWING CHINA'S OF SUMMER TIME IN APRIL 1986 AS A DAYLIGHT SAVING MEASURE.
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