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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON LANGUAGE REPORT ENDS ON SATURDAY
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THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY WILL END ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 15), AND THE WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN, MRS ANGELA CHEUNG, URGED PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG STUDENTS' LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS ON THE REPORT BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
SUMMING UP THE THREE-MONTH PUBLIC CONSULTATION WHICH STARTED ON JULY 11, MRS CHEUNG SAID: "WE HAVE CONSULTED WIDELY IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE CONDUCTED EDUCATION FORUMS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND TERTIARY ACADEMICS, AND FOUR PUBLIC BRIEFING SESSIONS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE TERRITORY.
"LEGISLATORS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, EDUCATION OFFICIALS THE PRE-PRIMARY SECTOR WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE REPORT AS PART OF CONSULTATION EXERCISE.
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"WE HAVE SO FAR RECEIVED ABOUT 35 WRITTEN RESPONSES FROM DIFFERENT BODIES AND INDIVIDUALS. WE EXPECT MORE TO ARRIVE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS," MRS CHEUNG SAID.
"I HOPE SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BEGIN TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE 1995/96 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS MEANS THAT THE COMMISSION WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THE PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE WORKING GROUP REPORT IN NOVEMBER, AND START DRAFTING EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 6.
"WE SHALL START ANALYSING THE RESPONSES AS SOON AS THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ENDS, SO ANYONE WHO HAS VIEWS ON OUR REPORT SHOULD TRY THEIR BEST TO MEET THE DEADLINE.'
CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION PROFESSOR ROSIE YOUNG SAID: "I AM HAPPY THAT THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY HAS GONE SO WELL.
"PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED CAREFULLY BY THE COMMISSION BEFORE IT MAKES FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUE OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY,'
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COPIES OF THE REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND A LEAFLET SUMMARISING THE AIMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT ARE AVAILABLE AT DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES, AND THE EDUCATION COMMISSION SECRETARIAT. COPIES OF THE LEAFLET ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT POST OFFICES.
ALL VIEWS ON THE WORKING GROUP REPORT SHOULD EDUCATION COMMISSION SECRETARIAT AT THE SECRETARY, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, C/O EDUCATION COMMISSION FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST WING), CENTRAL HONG KONG. ITS FAX NO. IS 537 4591.
BE SENT TO THE WORKING GROUP ON SECRETARIAT, NINTH ICE HOUSE STREET,
FOR ENQUIRY, PLEASE CALL 810 2543 OR 810 3031.
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