February 6, 95
(Seventh day)
Open at 7 am and remain open thereafter
A Hong Kong Government spokesman said that cross border traffic was expected to be very low during this period. This was the case last year when there were only 300 - 1,900 vehicles a day from the first day to the sixth day of the Chinese New Year compared with the daily average of over 10,000 on a normal day.
End/Thursday, January 26, 1995
$6 English programme streamlined
The Intensive English Programme (IEP) specially designed for Secondary 6 and 7 students using Chinese as the medium of instruction will be revised this summer to enhance effectiveness of the programme, Senior Assistant Director of Education Mr T F Kwan said today (Thursday).
Under the revised arrangement, students will start the programme before entering Secondary 6, Mr Kwan said.
The revised programme will comprise a two-week pre-S6 course, a four-week post-$6 course and a four-week post-S7 course, compared with the present programme which comprises a four-week post-S6 course and a six-week post-S7 course.
"The restructuring of the programme resulting in an earlier start of the course will better equip students for the S6 English curriculum and boost the effectiveness of the English programme on the whole," Mr Kwan said.
"It will also streamline procedures by eliminating the need for the Hong Kong Examinations Authority to advance its timetable for the Use of English Examination which had created inconvenience to the majority of candidates taking the A-level Examination."
Mr Kwan said the Supplementary English Examination (SEE) at the end of the IEP will be replaced by a new system of continuous assessment and end-of-course tests carried out through the joint effort of the British Council, which provided the courses, and the Hong Kong Examinations Authority.