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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988

THE DSS SCHOOLS SHOULD EACH HAVE THEIR OWN CHARACTERISTICS AND TEACHING METHODS, INCLUDING DIFFERENT EMPHASIS ON CURRICULUM AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

THE IMAGE OF DSS SCHOOLS WOULD NOT BE ONE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BUT RATHER OF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS OFFERING VARIETY AND SOME EXTRAS, SHE SAID.

"THE DDS PROPOSAL IS INNOVATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE. IT 18 WORTH LOOKING INTO FURTHER," SHE ADDED.

MORE CONSULTATION ON REPORT NEEDED

SOLUTION HON PETER POON

MORE TIME AND CONSULTATION IS NEEDED TO FIND THE BEST TO HONG KONG'S EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN TOTALITY, THE SUGGESTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

SPEAKING IN THE

MOTION DEBATE

ON

EDUCATION

THE DIVERGENT VIEWS REPORT NO. 3, MR POON SAID IN VIEW OF THE AFTER THE REPORT'S PUBLICATION, ANY ARBITRARY OR SIMPLISTIC IMPOSED HASTILY ON HONG KONG'S TERTIARY EDUCATION MIGHT DO THAN GOOD.

ALL SEEKING

COMMISSION EXPRESSED SOLUTION

MORE HARM

TO

FOR

CO-OPERATE

THE IMPROVING

WITHIN THE

AND

HE CALLED ON

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS

A BETTER SOLUTION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES AMBIT OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL IDEALS AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE,

OF A TWO-YEAR REFERRING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S PREFERRED CHOICE

MR POON FORM 6 COURSE AND A FOUR-YEAR SYSTEM IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, SAID HE COULD NOT SEE WHY FLEXIBILITY HAD TO BE RULED OUT COMPLETELY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF "THE TOTAL INTAKE OF

HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY IS FIXED UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM.

"HAVING A RIGID UNIFIED MATRICULATION POINT AT FORM 7 WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE SUBSTANTIAL OUTFLOW OF STUDENTS AFTER FORM TO OVERSEAS COUNTRIES.

"INSTEAD, IT MAY EVEN WORSEN

THE SITUATION IF STUDENTS

NOT

6

ARE

DENIED THE AVENUE OF ENTERING A UNIVERSITY AFTER FORM 6 IN HONG KONG,' HE SAID.

"AS TO