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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1987

THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST (API) BASED ON THE THEME SONG.

IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THE POPULARITY OF THIS SONG, THE MESSAGE OF 'SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY' CAN BE CARRIED ACROSS LOUD AND WIDE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND URBAN COUNCIL.

BOTH THE VARIETY SHOW AND THE OPENING CEREMONY HAD BEEN RECORDED AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON TVB-JADE ON SUNDAY, JULY 19.

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO OFFER SIXTH FORM COURSES IN 1991

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WILL START OFFERING SIXTH FORM COURSES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1991. THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF BISHOP HALL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL TODAY, MR LI SAID THE PLAN WOULD OFFER FORM 5 GRADUATES OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SIXTH FORM STUDIES IN THE SAME SCHOOLS. THIS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THEM A CHANNEL TO ENTER EITHER A UNIVERSITY OR A POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION OR TO OBTAIN OTHER EXIT QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT THEY COULD START A CAREER WITH A SPECIAL TECHNIQUE OR KNOWLEDGE.

MR LI SAID THE PLAN TO OPERATE SIXTH FORM IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN REPORT NO.2 OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION. TO IMPLEMENT THIS RECOMMENDATION, TWO WORKING PARTIES HAD BEEN SET UP ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE CLASS RESTRUCTURING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WORK IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS. IT WAS A NEW ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM AND A NEW CLASS STRUCTURE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER 1989.

EXPECTED WOULD BE

TECHNICAL

"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT, IS ALSO WORKING TOWARDS THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING THE LINK BETWEEN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PLANS WITH A VIEW ΤΟ SHORTENING THE DURATION OF APPRENTICESHIP OR TECHNICAL COURSES," MR LI SAID.

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"PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION HAS NOW BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. IT PROVIDES PRACTICAL INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION MEET THE DEMANDS OF HONG KONG'S COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR LI SAID.

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