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Mr Li added: "As the Exchange Programme is organised on a bilateral and reciprocal basis, young people from Britain and Germany will pay a visit to Hong Kong next year, which is tentatively fixed in July 1997."
He noted: "It is hoped that the trilateral exchange next year will enable young people from three different territories to share ideas and experiences. It is also a good chance to introduce the Special Administrative Region to our friends abroad when Hong Kong returns to China in 1997."
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Schools to take over salary assessment
The Board of Education (BOE) was today (Monday) informed that schools would take over from the Education Department the assessment of teacher salaries with effect from August 1996.
At the BOE meeting this morning, the acting Assistant Director of Education, Mr Tse Kum-shing, said the Education Department understands the worries of schools due to their lack of experience in assessing teacher salaries.
"A series of 47 workshops have been held for over 1,440 participants from ordinary aided schools since the last school year to help and guide schools to conduct salary assessments.
"A similar workshop was also organised for special schools and attended by about 140 participants," Mr Tse said.
Replying to questions by BOE members, Mr Tse said that feedback from the participants was encouraging. Over 85 per cent described the workshops as "good" or "very good"; over 92 per cent considered both the briefing session and the case study session "useful" or "very useful".
Mr Tse said the participants considered that the workshops had given them some general knowledge of the subject and a grasp of the basic technical skills of salary assessment.