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Professor Young said only a few recommendations would be modified in ECR6. For example:
A3 Centre for Lanugage-in-Education Research, Innovation and Evaluation (CLERIE) would recommend no immediate move to set up a new research centre. The SCOLAR support unit would be able to start some review and research projects, and all local experts, from all institutions, could be drawn into these.
A4 (language co-ordinator posts in schools) These should be introduced in a bottom up way, with keen schools identifying suitable staff, and central support services helping them to operate effectively.
• G3 (support for non-subject trained language teachers) These should have sustained support not just 'first aid'. How computer links could help here, like the experimental Telenex at the University of Hong Kong, has been discussed.
She expected that the final draft of ECR6 would be ready in about three months time. "The Commission will decide later on the scope of any further public consultation on ECR6," she said.
End/Monday, December 19, 1994
Value of manufacturers' orders-on-hand in October 1994
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The value of manufacturers' orders-on- hand for local production in October 1994 increased by 13% over a year earlier, according to the provisional results of a monthly survey relcased today (Monday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
Comparing October 1994 with October 1993, significant increases in the value of outstanding orders were recorded in the plastic products industry (+49%), textiles industry (+33%), fabricated metal products industry (+32%), electronic products industry (+25%) and electrical products industry (+19%).
On the other hand, decreases in orders were registered in the printing and publishing industry (-14%) and wearing apparel industry (- 7%).
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