AND
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22,
JUNE 22, 1994
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THESE MEASURES INCLUDE THE PUTTING UP OF 'NO SMOKING' PERIODIC ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE ON THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
NOTICES
"CIVIL
AVIATION DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE OBSERVED VOLUNTARY RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING AND ONLY A SMALL MR SIU SAID. MINORITY APPEAR TO IGNORE THE NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS,
THAT
THE
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THE
GOVT TO REVIEW INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMME
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GOVERNMENT
INTENDS
REVIEW
OF THE EXAMINATION
TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMME AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH TO ASSESS WHETHER THERE IS A NEED FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY REPLY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, IN TO A WRITTEN QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN.
BEEN
ASSISTANCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
MR LAM EXPLAINED THAT THE INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMME HAD INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE 1993 TO PROVIDE SPECIAL
SIXTH FORM CHINESE-MEDIUM STUDENTS TO MEET THE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
TO
"IT
IS ONE OF THE POSITIVE MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE TEACHING
HE SAID. LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE MOTHER TONGUE,
AND
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6 COURSE,
THE SUPPLEMENTARY
THE PROGRAMME COMPRISED A FOUR-WEEK POST-SECONDARY AND A SIX-WEEK POST-SECONDARY 7 COURSE LEADING TO ENGLISH EXAMINATION.
SUMMER OF
FOLLOWED
THE FIRST POST-SECONDARY 6 COURSE WAS HELD IN THE 1993.
THE FIRST POST-SECONDARY 7 COURSE WAS NOW BEING HELD, BY THE SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH EXAMINATION TO BE HELD IN JULY THIS YEAR, MR LAM SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAD AGREED THAT DEEMED AS A PASS IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH EXAMINATION WOULD BE
COURSES FULFILLING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT FOR ADMISSION TO FOR WHICH GRADE E IN THE USE OF ENGLISH WAS NORMALLY REQUIRED.
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SUPERVISION OVER PRIVATE SCHOOLS
DETECTED
ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS, ANY IRREGULARITY WILL BE DEALT WITH PROMPTLY.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE ACTING SECRETARY EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG.
FOR TODAY
/MR LAM