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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1983

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SOME OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OF 1982 CITED BY MR HAYE INCLUDED:

* EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR BY THE ADMISSION OF 93

NON-PROFIT-MAKING SCHOOLS TO FULLY AIDED STATUS, AND THE OPENING OF 21 NEW AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN PREMISES IN SEPTEMBER,

* MORE TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS FOR REMEDIAL WORK, CAREERS

EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICES,

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IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH STEPPED-UP TRAINING OF TEACHERS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, MORE RESOURCES (PARTICULARLY BOOKS, ETV AND AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS), AND BETTER LANGUAGE TEACHING,

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1981 WHITE PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES COVERING LEGISLATION, TEACHERS, TRAINING, RESOURCES, CURRICULUMS, FEES, GRANTS, RATES AND RENTS, AND THE MAJOR NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION,

INVOLVEMENT IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, AND

* THE OVERALL REVIEW OF THE HONG KONG EDUCATION SYSTEM.

+MEANWHILE THE BUSY DAY TO DAY LIFE OF THE DEPARTMENT WENT ON, WITH AN INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WHAT WE WERE DOING,+ MR HAYE SAID.

EDUCATION HAD BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR, AND THE PRESS FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN GOOD, +LARGELY BECAUSE WE DEMONSTRATED SOCIAL CONCERN NOT ONLY WITH WORDS BUT IN DEEDS,+ HE ADDED.

MR HAYE SAID THAT HE HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN DEFENDING EDUCATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND ELSEWHERE.

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NOTEWORTHY HAD BEEN THE SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN SEMINARS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND PROGRAMMES ON RADIO AND TELEVISION, HE POINTED OUT,

+I THINK WE WERE SEEN NOT ONLY TO CARE BUT TO ARTICULATE OUR CONCERN FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER EDUCATION SYSTEM.+

+MORE IMPORTANT, WE WERE ABLE TO POINT AT WHAT WE WERE DOING AND THE QUANTITATIVE" AND QUALITATIVE ADVANCES WE WERE MAKING,+ HE STATED.

TURNING TO THE PROSPECTS OF 1983, MR HAYE SAID THAT HE AND HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN PROCESSING SIR JOHN LLEWELLYN'S OVERALL REVIEW OF THE HONG KONG EDUCATION SYSTEM.

+ I THINK IT IS SAFE TO PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL BE TAKING A VERY HARD LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND WHERE WE ARE GOING, HE SAID.

/MR HAYE