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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1988

NEW

UNLIKE THE EXISTING CDC WHICH HAS A TWO-TIER CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WILL HAVE

ORGANISATION.

STRUCTURE,

THE

A THREE-TIER

FOR EACH SECONDARY

THE SIX CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES WILL COMPRISE ONE LEVEL OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, THAT IS, KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY, AND SIXTH FORM, ONE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ONE то DEAL WITH TEXTBOOK MATTERS,

THE

OF ALL

THE FIRST FOUR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM FOR THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL LEVELS WHILE TEXTBOOKS CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE THE DIRECTOR FDUCATION ON THE ADEQUACY AND GENERAL STANDARD OF TEXTBOOKS AT LEVELS IN SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE ON MATTERS RELATING TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASED "NON-OFFICIAL" PRESENCE AND WILL COMPRISE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL LEVELS AND SECTORS OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AS WELL AS FROM TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS/UNIONS AND THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY.

THE 38-MEMBER COUNCIL WILL BE HEADED BY AN UNOFFICIAL CHAIRMAN.

A FORMER LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING, HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EARLY OCTOBER AS SOON AS ALL NOMINATIONS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND MEMBERS APPOINTED..

HOUSING DEPARTMENT TAKES LEAD IN DEALING WITH ASBESTOS CEMENT

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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE LEAD IN DEALING WITH BUILDING MATERIAL CONTAINING ASBESTOS DESPITE THE CURRENT LACK OF LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG.

THIS WAS SAID BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION), MR DEREK MESSLING, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHICH IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED 325 BLOCKS WITH BUILDING MATERIAL CONTAINING LOW RISK WHITE ASBESTOS.

OF THE 325, 161 BLOCKS HAVE WHITE ASBESOTS CEMENT IN GRILLES AND 164 HAVE ROOFING TILES WITH ASBESTOS.

BALCONY

/THE CONFERENCE,