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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1985

+COURSES IN ACCOUNTING, MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES EXIST IN THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND PRACTICALLY ALL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING OF COURSE THE TWO POLYTECHNICS,

+STUDENTS WHO PREFER TO FOLLOW MORE VOCATIONALLY-BIASED COURSES MAY JOIN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES,+ HE SAID.

RECALLING THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, MR LEUNG SAID IT RECOMMENDED SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE PRACTICAL OR TECHNICAL SUBJECT, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, IN THE SENIOR SECONDARY CURRICULUM. +WHILE THE EXISTING PRACTICE OF LEAVING DECISIONS ON THE CURRICULUM TO THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES WILL CONTINUE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ASSISTING SCHOOLS TO OFFER PRACTICAL, TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, + HE SAID,

+THE RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLS HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING, + HE ADDED.

NOTING THAT THE AIM OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION WAS TO ADMIT AS MEMBERS TEACHERS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THOSE IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION, MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS A GOOD IDEA SINCE IT ALLOWED TEACHERS TO MEET FROM TIME TO TIME TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND SHARE EXPERIENCES.

32 COMMENDED FOR GOOD WORK

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THIRTY-TWO STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE COMMENDED FOR THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN WORK BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

THEY WERE AWARDED THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES AT A DINNER HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICERS' CLUB IN WAN CHA!.

THE 32 RECIPIENTS COMPRISED CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, MEDICAL OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN STAFF.

MOST WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR INITIATIVE, DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS HELD IN HONG KONG LAST MARCH.

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