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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1988

BOE MEMBERS VISIT POLICE CADET SCHOOL

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FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (BOE) TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL AT FAN GARDENS IN FANLING.

AND EDUCATION SECONDARY

THE SCHOOL PROVIDES QUALIFIED RECRUITS FOR THE POLICE OTHER DISCIPLINARY SERVICES OF THE GOVERNMENT BY OFFERING TO STUDENTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN FOUR PLACES IN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.

THE MEMBERS MAKING THE VISIT WERE MR DAVID CHEUNG, BRIAN COOKE, MR TIMOTHY HA, MR ERIC LI AND MR TAM MAN-KWAN,

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THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE BOE SECRETARY, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER MISS ROSE LAU.

THE PARTY WAS WELCOMED BY THE POLICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR FORCE TRAINING, MR G.W. ROPER, AND THE SCHOOL COMMANDANT, MR P.E. BIRNEY.

ESTABLISHED ΤΟ PHYSICALLY FIT

THE MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN PROVIDE A SOURCE OF REASONABLY WELL-EDUCATED AND YOUNG MEN FOR RECRUITMENT INTO THE POLICE FORCE, FIRE SERVICES, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT POINT APPROPRIATE TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL.

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THE SCHOOL AT PRESENT OFFERS CADETS A TWO-TIER COURSE CONSISTING OF A COMMON FIRST YEAR WITH A SYLLABUS COMPRISING ACADEMIC STUDIES (40 PER CENT), PHYSICAL STUDIES (40 PER CENT) AND VOCATIONAL STUDIES (20 PER CENT).

THE SECOND YEAR OFFERS THE CADETS A "GENERAL" OPTION, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FIRST YEAR TRAJNING WITH NO CHANGE IN THE COMPOSITION OF STUDIES, AND AN "ACADEMIC" OPTION, INTENDED TO TAKE CADETS TO HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION LEVEL.

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THE CADETS TAKING THE 'ACADEMIC" OPTION SPEND UP TO 70 PER CENT OF THEIR TIME ON ACADEMIC STUDIES.

THE CADETS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED ΤΟ TAKE PART IN NUMEROUS EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CULTURE, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART'S AND CRAFT, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

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