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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1988

CONTROL OVER THE

FIRM BUT REASONABLE "I LOOK FORWARD TO A GROWTH OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY."

AND PRIMARY EDUCATION

ON EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR SECONDARY MRS FAN SAID IT DID NOT RECEIVE MUCH ATTENTION IN THE BUDGET.

f

DEVELOPMENT OF BY THE OMISSION OF TWO

"WHILE I AM PLEASED TO SEE A START MADE IN THE SCHOOL BASED CURRICULUM, I AM DISAPPOINTED ITEMS.

EVERY GRANT ΤΟ

"THEY ARE THE ADDITIONAL GRADUATE TEACHER OF CHINESE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH 18 CLASSES OR MORE, AND THE RECURRENT SCHOOLS FOR STRENGTHENING CIVIC EDUCATION," SHE SAID.

CHINESE FOR IN ITS

TEACHER OF MRS FAN SAID THE ADDITIONAL GRADUATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION FIRST REPORT PUBLISHED IN 1984.

THE TEACHING

SHOULD BE

THE COMMISSION RECOGNISED THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OF CHINESE AND THE HEAVIER WORKLOAD OF TEACHERS OF CHINESE SUITABLY REDUCED TO ENSURE QUALITY AND PROFESSIONAL UPDATING.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS ACCEPTED, AND THE IN AUGUST 1986 IN ITS NO. 2 REPORT PUBLISHED WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER 1988.

EDUCATION COMMISSION INDICATED

THAT

THIS

"REGRETTABLY, NO FUNDS WERE PROPOSED IN THE 1988-89 BUDGET EMPLOYING THIS ADDITIONAL TEACHER OF CHINESE ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM

DATE, LONG RECOGNISED AND THE COMMITMENT WAS MADE WITH A TARGET SAID.

FOR

WAS

"

SHE

"SURELY THIS CANNOT BE DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDS IN 1988-89 HAS AN ESTIMATED SURPLUS OF OVER $5 BILLION."

LOGICAL

THAT WHEN

WE WERE

WHICH

ENCOURAGING ENSURE

MRS FAN SAID IT WAS SCHOOLS TO USE CHINESE AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, WE SHOULD THAT STUDENTS' SKILLS IN READING AND WRITING CHINESE WERE STANDARD SO THAT THEY COULD FULLY BENEFIT FROM THE OF INSTRUCTION.

UP TO THE CHANGE IN MEDIUM

SAID THAT IN AUGUST 1985, THE ON CIVIC EDUCATION, MRS FAN

ON CIVIC EDUCATION EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ISSUED A SET OF "GUIDELINES

DEVOTED BY IN SCHOOLS", AND SINCE THEN, CONSIDERABLE EFFORT HAD BEEN SCHOOLS TO STRENGTHENING CIVIC EDUCATION.

AND IN SHE SAID TWO EVALUATION EXERCISES WERE SINCE CONDUCTED THE LAST EVALUATION, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT SCHOOLS NEEDED ADDITIONAL FOR STRENGTHENING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, IN THE FORM OF RECURRENT GRANT, CIVIC EDUCATION.

CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS "SUCH GRANT WILL BE USED TO FINANCE

LEVEL CARRIED OUT BY STUDENTS AND ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER CIVIC AWARENESS THROUGH ACTUAL PARTICIPATION."

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