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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1979

ACTING GOVERNOR TO OPEN TSUEN WAN ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN AT THE YEUNG UK ROAD PLAYGROUND THIS SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 18) AT 3 PM.

SIR JACK WILL ALSO INSPECT A COLOURFUL PROCESSION FEATURING FLOATS, FOOT-PARADE, BANDS, DRAGON AND LION DANCES AND THE FAMOUS CHIU CHOW GONG AND DRUM DANCE.

MORE THAN 2 000 STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS IN TSUEN WAN WILL TAKE PART IN THE PROCESSION TO LAUNCH THE MONTH-LONG ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN. IT IS EXPECTED ABOUT 100 000 PEOPLE WILL WATCH THE THREE-HOUR COLOURFUL PROCESSION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, AT THE YEUNG UK ROAD PLAYGROUND AT 3 PM. THIS SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 18) AND THE GRAND PROCESSION.

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE AT THE YEUNG UK ROAD PLAYGROUND NOT LATER THAN 2.30 PM. INFORMATION OFFICERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THEM.

NEW EDUCATION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR FORM/MIDDLE III

FIRST SCALING TEST IN 1981

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AS FROM SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, FORM/MIDDLE I

STUDENTS IN

THE PUBLIC SECTOR WILL HAVE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR SUBSIDISED FORM/MIDDLE IV PLACES DETERMINED BY INTERNAL ASSESSMENT.

THIS MEANS THAT STUDENTS WISHING TO BE ALLOCATED A SUBSIDISED PLACE WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN A GOOD ACADEMIC STANDARD IN SCHOOL.

TO ENSURE FAIRNESS, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ITS FIRST SCALING TEST UNDER THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (JSEA) FOR THESE STUDENTS IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1981.

THE JSEA SCALING TEST, AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCALING SCHOOLS' INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS SO THAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RESULTS CAN BE FAIRLY COMPARED. IT WILL CONSIST OF TEST PAPERS IN THE BASIC SUBJECTS OF ENGLISH, CHINESE AND MATHEMATICS,

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