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MR WONG NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN GOOD PROGRESS IN TEACHER EDUCATION ON TOC, AND THAT ALL RELEVANT TEACHERS HAD BY NOW RECEIVED AN INITIAL. BRIEFING.
"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ENCOURAGE GREATER TEACHER INVOLVEMENT, ESPECIALLY TEACHERS WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF ADOPTING
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"THEY WILL BE ASKED TO TAKE PART IN SEMINARS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTING TOC AND EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT TASKS, AND TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON PUPILS' PERFORMANCE AND ASSESSMENT MATERIALS, HE ADDED.
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"WE HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO SET UP A MECHANISM TO MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TOC AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, MR WONG SAID.
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MR WONG ALSO SAID THAT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TOC, "THERE WILL BE NO EXTERNAL SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT OTHER THAN THE ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST WHICH WILL BE MODIFIED TO FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOC."
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THREE SUBJECT GROUPS AND A CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE WITH COMING ALSO FROM TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN то ADVISE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON ASSESSMENT RELATED
MR WONG APPEALED TO SCHOOL HEADS, TEACHERS, PUPILS, PARENTS, TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLISHERS TO WORK WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THE IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS.
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SIKH GUARDS END 45 YEARS WITH BRITISH FORCES
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AS THE GATES CLOSE ON THE ARMY'S AMMUNITION SERVICES DEPOT STONECUTTERS ISLAND, IT WILL ALSO MARK THE END OF 45 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE BY THE SIKHS WHO FORM THE ARMY DEPOT POLICE AS THEY PARADE FOR THE FINAL TIME BEFORE THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES HONG KONG, MAJOR- GENERAL BRYAN DUTTON, ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 24).
THE ARMY DEPOT POLICE HAVE GUARDED STONECUTTERS ISLAND SINCE OCTOBER 1949 AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE FORCE ARE RECRUITED FROM THE SIKH COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG. FOLLOWING THE FINAL PARADE, THE FORCE WILL DISBAND AND THE LAST SIKH FORCE IN THE BRITISH ARMY WILL TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
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