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Monitors' report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the transfer of Vietnamese migrants selected for the Orderly Repatriation Programme from the High Island Detention Centre's main camps to its Security Unit this (Thursday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The four monitors comprised two non-official Justices of the Peace, Professor Chen Char-nie and Mr Yiu Chung-lap; and representatives from two non-government organisations, Professor Stewart MacPherson from Save the Children Fund and Mr Kelvin Szeto from Oxfam.
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Report on compulsory education review published
An eight-week public consultation exercise started today (Thursday) on the Report on Review of Nine-year Compulsory Education as the report was released after a two-year study.
The report was the work of the Board of Education's Sub-committee on Review of School Education, which completed the review last month.
Schools have been asked to collect copies of the report from the relevant district education offices. Copies have also been sent to relevant educational bodies.
The public will also be able to read the report via the Internet at the Education Department Home Page from next week. The URL is http://www.info.gov.hk/ed.
Views and comments are invited and should be sent to the Secretary, Board of Education Sub-committee on Review of School Education, at Room 1156, 11th floor, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, or by fax to 2834 7350, not later than June 4, 1997.
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