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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1981

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+WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY IN GENEVA WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH WHOM WE HAVE COMMON INTERESTS,+ MR DORWARD SAID.

FOLLOWING ON THE FIRST FORMAL CO-ORDINATING MEETING OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH HE HAD ATTENDED IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA LAST NOVEMBER, MR DORWARD ANNOUNCED THAT A FURTHER MEETING WOULD BE HELD IN DJAKARTA IN APRIL.

MR DORWARD ALSO DISCLOSED THAT HE WILL BE LEAVING LATER THIS WEEK FOR VISITS TO GENEVA, BRUSSELS, LONDON AND WASHINGTON FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL FIGURES.

+COMMUNICATION IS AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF NEGOTIATION IF WE ARE TO AVOID IT DEGENERATING, IN THE PRESENT DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, INTO CONFRONTATION, MR DORWARD CONCLUDED.

SIR JACK TO VISIT GUANGDONG

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, WILL BE VISITING GUANGDONG FROM MARCH 9 TO 13 AT THE INVITATION OF VICE-GOVERNOR LIU TIANFU. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY CATER, MISS JACQUELINE CATER, AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR DAVID WILSON. DURING HIS VISIT TO GUANGDONG SIR JACK WILL DISCUSS ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND OTHER MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST.

SCHOOLS INVITED TO JOIN JSEA SYSTEM IN 1982

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SCHOOLS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1982 JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM SHOULD APPLY TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON OR BEFORE MARCH 23 THIS YEAR, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

*PRIVATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS WHICH ARE NOT IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME AND WHICH CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JSEA SYSTEM, ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MUST NOTIFY PARENTS THAT THE IR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALLOCATION TO SUBSIDISED FORM 4 PLACES, HE SAID.

ALL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, AIDED SCHOOLS, NON-PROF IT-MAK ING PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND INDEPENDENT PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME WILL BE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.

SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR ARE REQUESTED TO REAFFIRM WITH THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN 1982.

IN ORDER TO ASSIST PARENTS OF PRIMARY 6 LEAVERS IN THEIR CHOICE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE JSEA SYSTEM WILL BE EXPECTED TO GIVE THREE YEARS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THEIR INTENTION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SYSTEM, THE

SPOKESMAN SAID.

/+THIS MEANS