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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1973.

RECOGNITION OF EXAMINATION RESULTS

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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITIES OF CAMBRIDGE AND LONDON, HAVE RECOGNISED ACHIEVEMENTS AT GRADE C OR ABOVE IN A NUMBER OF SUBJECTS TAKEN IN THE MEDIUM OF CHINESE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION AS BEING EQUIVALENT TO G.C.E. 0-1 EVEL. PAUSES.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD.

THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION REPLACED THE FORMER HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ERGI ISH) ALD HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (CHINESE) EXAMIDÁTICES IN 1974.

DEFORE THE AMALGAMATION OF THESE EXAMINATIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS AT CRADE C OK ABOVE IN SUBJECTS TAKEN IN THE LONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ENGLISH) EXAMINATION VERE RECOGNISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND BY A NuribeR OF OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES AS I QUIVALENT TO O-LEVEL PASSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING UNIVERSITY ENTRANC : REQUIREMENTS.

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THE SECRETARY SAID: + IT HAS DEEN THE POLICY OF THE NEW HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD TO MAINTAIN THE RECOGNITION GRANTED TO SUBJECTS OF THE FOLKER HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF ELUCATION

ENGLISH) AND TO WORK TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SIMILAR RECOGNITION FOR SUBJECTJ TAKEN IN CHINESE,

+THIS AIM HAS NOW DEEN LARCELY ACHIEVED SINCE IN THE 1975 EXAMINATION MOST SUBJECTS TAKEN IN CHINESE WILL LE ELIGIBLE FOR O-LEVEL RECOGNITION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT IN THE 1976 EXAMINATION THE SUBJECTS OF HISTORY, BIOLOGY AND DIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE TA. EN IN CHINESE VILL ALSO QUALIFY FOR RECOGNITION, THUS VIRTUALLY COMPLETING THE PROCESS OF AMALGAMATION.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE FOLLOWING LIST SHOWS THE SUBJECTS RECOGNISED AND THE LANGUAGE MEDIUM USED IN THE 1975 EXAMINATION.

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