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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1988

COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS HELP DEVELOP PERSONAL SKILLS

* *

TOOL PROPERLY

(CHIEF INSPECTOR

OF

COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL COULD SERVE AS AN EFFECTIV} TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP INTELLECTUAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS IF TAUGHT, THE SCHOOLS), MR SO FAI-CHO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

ASSISTANT

EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF

PRESENTATION

CEREMONY ROYAL COMPETITION AT THE

OF

THE GARDEN

SIXTH HOTEL,

AND

THE PRIZE SPEAKING AT COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS PROJECT MR SO SAID THE COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE GOLD

AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EXCHANGE SOCIETY

HAD BEEN SILVER

USE A MORE LIVELY DESIGNED WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING TEACHERS TO APPROACH IN THEIR TEACHING.

METHODS TEACHING

IN

ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO

WORK

SUBJECTS COMMERCIAL

TO INDEPENDENTLY,

WERE INTENDED

INFORMATION, COLLECT

то

A

CLASSIFY IT, AND TO MAKE INFERENCES FROM FACTS, MR SO SAID.

A

GOAL,

WOULD STUDENTS

BE

IN INVOLVED TO ACHIEVE SUCH

AND GROUP WORK, VARIETY OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PROJECT WORK WHICH WOULD HELP THEM DEVELOP INDUCTIVE THINKING, AND PROBLEM SOLVING, COMMUNICATION AND THE OTHER LEARNING SKILLS REQUIRED, HE SAID.

OF

SENIOR COURSE

AT MR SO SAID THE INCLUSION

SUBJECTS COMMERCIAL SECONDARY LEVEL GAVE STUDENTS AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW A

THEM MORE READILY OF TRAINING WHICH WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY PREPARE THE WORKING WORLD.

STUDENTS RECEIVED A GENERAL PREPARATION FOR LIFE AS WELL

TRAINING

SPECIFIC GBNERAL EDUCATION.

FOR

COMMERCE

WHILE

THEY CONTINUED

WITH

FOR

AS A THEIR

OF THE UNDERSTANDING SOME

EVENTUALLY HELP THEM MEMBERS OF THE

" 1 T ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF HONG KONG WHICH WOULD BECOME MORE INFORMATIVE, PROGRESSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY,' HE SAID.

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OFFERING

COMMERCIAL

RESULT, AS A

THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS

AND SUBJECTS AT THE SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL WAS NOW INCREASING RAPIDLY

HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES ENTERING FOR THE

IN 1978 ΤΟ EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN COMMERCE ROSE FROM 691 STUDENTS 10,693 IN 1988.

SOCIRTY PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE

SAID THE FOR THE PROMOTION AND SPONSORSHIP OF THE COMPETITION, MR SO

AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS IN VARIOUS AIM WAS TO STIMULATE INTEREST COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.

THIS

YEAR'S

COMPETITION

215 ATTRACTED

ENTRIES FROM

1076 PRIZES OF THE OVERALL

STUDENTS OF 35 SCHOOLS. THE FIRST AND THE THIRD OF THE OVERALL

SCHOOL WHILE STUDENTS WENT TO THE CCC ROTARY PREVOCATIONAL

GEE COLLEGE

THE SECOND CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE CHENG WING PRIZE.

WON

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