MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1987
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COURSE TO RAISE SCHOOL ENGLISH STANDARD LAUNCHED
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (MONDAY) LAUNCHED A NEW GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHEN HE OPENED A THREE-WEEK RESIDENTIAL COURSE IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR LAN SAID THE COURSE WAS PART OF A SEVEN-WEEK PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO FURTHER DEVELOP TEACHERS' ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN A NATURAL NATIVE-SPEAKER ENVIRONMENT.
THE PROGRAMME WAS AN EXTENSION OF A 16-WEEK REFRESHER COURSE ORGANISED BY THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ON COMPLETION OF THE RESIDENTIAL COURSE, MR LAN NOTED, PARTICIPANTS WOULD PROCEED, AFTER A SHORT ORIENTATION SEMINAR, TO BRITAIN FOR A FOUR-WEEK COURSE,
DURING THEIR STAY IN BRITAIN, THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD STUDY LN INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAD EXPERIENCE JN RUNNING COURSES FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AND WOULD LIVE WITH ENGLISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES, MR LAN SAID.
THE PROGRAMME WAS PART OF A TWO-PRONGED GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE TO FURTHER RAISE THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH IN HONG KONG SCHOOLS. THE SECOND PART OF THE NEW INITIATIVE WAS ΤΟ RECRUIT QUALIFIED ENGLISH NATIVE-SPEAKERS TO TEACH ALONGSIDE WITH THEIR LOCAL COLLEAGUES IN
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE INITIATIVE INDICATED THE DETERMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO DO ALL IT COULD TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, MR LAN ADDEI'.
SAFETY PLEA TO SUM:
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ALOCI THIS TIME LAST YEAR, A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WORKING FACTORY DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS HAD THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AMPUTATED BY THE POWER PRESS HE WAS OPERATING.
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ANOTHER 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, ALSO TAKING UP A SUMMER JOB IN FACTORY, HAD HIS RIGHT PALM CRUSHED BY A PLASTIC INJE TION MOULDING MACHINE.
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