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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1980

SALVATION ARMY LEADER PRAISES PRISONS DEPT

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THE VISITING INTERNATIONAL LEADER OF THE SALVATION ARMY GENERAL ARNOLD BROWN, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED CHI MA WAN AND PRAISED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT FOR ITS EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF THE CAMP WHERE MORE THAN 3 100 ILLEGAL VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING ACCOMMODATED.

HE SAID HE HAD BEEN TO MANY SIMILAR CAMPS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST HE HAD SEEN.

GEN BROWN WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR T.G. GARNER, SENIOR PRISON STAFF AND SENIOR SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS.

GEN BROWN TOURED THE CAMP AND WATCHED VARIOUS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES ORGANISED BY LOCAL SALVATION ARMY PERSONNEL.

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO JOIN HKCEE IN 1983

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PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN TO OPERATE SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS IN 1981 AND WILL JOIN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1983, MR T.L. LAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

+TECHNICAL AND SPECIAL SUBJECTS OFFERED BY THESE SCHOOLS, SUCH AS ENGINEERING SCIENCE, TEXTILES, FOOD AND RELATED HOTEL SERVICES, ARE EXPECTED TO BE MADE EXAMINABLE BY STAGES IN THE HKCEE, HE SAID.

MR LAM WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ON THE CHALLENGES OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE 80'S+ JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL AND THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

HE NOTED THAT IN PREPARATION FOR THE HKCEE, PERMISSION WAS GRANTED FOR ALL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO EMPLOY GRADUATE MASTERS IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF TEACHING.

IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR THERE ARE SOME 10 000 STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE 13 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.

ANOTHER 12 NEW SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BUILT STARTING IN 1982, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT ON THEIR COMPLETION IN 1984 THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WILL RISE TO 22 500.

+THERE WERE OVER 12 000 APPLICATIONS FROM PRIMARY 6 STUDENTS COMPETING FOR THE 3 000 FORM 1 PLACES AVAILABLE IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH MEANS EVERY FROM 1 SEAT WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED BY FOUR TIMES,

+THIS SHOWS THAT PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS POPULAR AMONG THE PUBLIC, PARENTS AND STUDENTS, + MR LAM SAID.

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