FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1994
"THAT SHORTFALL ARISES LARGELY BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY HAS DEVELOPED SO RAPIDLY IN THE PAST 10 TO 15 YEARS, SHE ADDED.
"BUT AS EDUCATION POLICY-MAKERS SURELY DO MORE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY SKILLS IT NEEDS."
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AND PRACTITIONERS, WE CAN WITH THE KIND OF LANGUAGE
"SECONDLY, FROM THE ANGLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, WE PLACE HEAVY LANGUAGE-LEARNING DEMANDS ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. MANY HAVE DIFFICULTY COPING WITH THOSE DEMANDS."
THIS AFFECTS NOT ONLY THEIR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY BUT ALSO THEIR WHOLE EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, SHE SAID.
'IN A WORD, OUR PRESENT APPROACH TO LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION IS NOT HELPING ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL. EDUCATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE TALENTS OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG COULD DO MORE TO PREVENT FAILURE.“
SHE NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SIMPLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO LOST ALL INTEREST IN LEARNING.
"EVEN OUR BETTER STUDENTS MAY NOT BE WELL SERVED BY OUR PRESENT APPROACH TO LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION.
QUOTING FROM THE REPORT, MRS CHEUNG SAID FORM SIXTH STUDENTS, MOST OF WHOM HAD STUDIED THROUGHOUT THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE MEDIUM OF ENGLISH, HAD ENOUGH LANGUAGE SKILLS TO LEARN FACTS, MEMORISE PASSAGES, AND WRITE DOWN SHORT ANSWERS.
"BUT MANY LACK THE HIGHER-ORDER SKILLS NEEDED TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG FACTS, TO SYNTHESISE, TO DRAW OUT IMPLICATIONS, то USE THEIR IMAGINATIONS, AND TO EXPRESS THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES IN CONNECTED WRITING, SHE SAID.
FOR AND
ON POLICIES PEOPLE, AND EDUCATIONAL
SHE SAID THAT THE EDUCATION FORUM TODAY WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY PROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATORS TO EXCHANGE FRANK VIEWS PRACTICES THAT WERE MOST LIKELY TO GIVE LOCAL YOUNG THIS THRIVING COMMUNITY, THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND THE OUTCOMES EVERYONE WANTED TO SEE.
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RESPONSE ON DRIVER TRAINING INDUSTRY
IN RESPONSE TO THE
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CONSUMER
COUNCIL'S STUDY ON TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
THE DRIVER HAS TODAY
TRAINING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, THE (FRIDAY) MADE THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS:
TO PROMOTE
THERE ARE STRONG PUBLIC INTEREST JUSTIFICATIONS SYSTEMATIC OFF-ROAD DRIVER TRAINING, WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO ROAD SAFETY AND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT.
THE DRIVER TRAINING AND QUALIFYING PROCESSES WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DUE REGARD TO PREVAILING GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT POLICY, THE DEMAND FOR TRAVEL, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, THE GOVERNMENT POLICY HAS BEEN TO GIVE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF PREFERENCE TO STUDENTS OF OFF- ROAD DRIVING SCHOOLS.
/THE OBJECTIVE