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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1987

THE INSTITUTE

ALSO CARRIED OUT RESEARCH INTO CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING, MR LI ADDED THAT THE CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAMME INCLUDED PROJECTS RELATING TO EXTENSIVE READING (A CO-OPERATIVE PROJECT WITH THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT), THE APPLICATION OF QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES IN THE TEACHING OF READING IN CHINESE, COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING, THE STANDARDISATION OF THE CANTONESE PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE CHARACTERS COMMONLY USED IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND AN INVESTIGATION OF SPEECH RATES AND THE STANDARD RANGE OF SPEECH IN VARIETIES OF BRITISH ENGLISH, OF WHICH THE RESULTS WOULD BE REPORTED AT THE SEMINAR.

MR LI SAID THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR WERE TO EXAMINE ISSUES IN LANGUAGE PLANNING IN EDUCATION; ΤΟ IDENTIFY, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, FACTORS WHICH FOSTER A SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIP IN THE LEARNING AND TEACHING OF LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS IN DIFFERENT SOCIETIES; TO EXPLORE CRITERIA FOR SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUAL BILINGUAL/BI- DIALECTAL/MULTI-LINGUAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; TO LOOK AT ISSUES INVOLVED IN RAISING LANGUAGE; AWARENESS AND IDENTIFYING GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES; TO INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR CLASSROOM USE; AND ΤΟ IDENTIFY THE CRITERIA FOR SUCCESSFUL CLASSROOM LANGUAGE LEARNING.

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"THE RICHNESS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND EXPERIENCE POSSESSED BY THOSE PRESENT TODAY ASSURES US THAT THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE REACHED, MR LI SAID.

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EXPORT OF RESTRAINED TEXTILE ARRANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED

PRINCIPLES

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE OF QUOTA ALLOCATION AND Control arrangEMENTS FOR EXPORT OF RESTRAINED TEXTILES TO THE U.8. FOR THE 1988 TEXTILE YEAR.

UNDER THE 1988 ARRANGEMENTS, THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 63 CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LIMIT AND 82 CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO AN EXPORT AUTHORISATION SYSTEM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

COMPANIES ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

* THE GROUP RESTRAINT LIMITS FOR GROUPS I, II AND III ARE NOW

CONTROLLED IN SQUARE METRES.

FOOT, SQUARE

* FOR CATEGORIES PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED IN SQUARE

YARD AND POUND, THEY ARE NOW CONTROLLED IN KILOGRAM AND SQUARE METRE.

SUIT CATEGORIES