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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1988

US

HUMAN BEINGS

"IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING PROBLEMS FACING IN OUR QUEST FOR CREATING A BRAVE NEW WORLD IN WHICH WILL COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND MACHINES,

"

HE SAID.

"WE MUST TAKE COGNISANCE OF BOTH OUR MOOD AND ARE CULTURALLY MOUDED.

BEHAVIOUR

WHICH

"NO TWO PEOPLE'S CULTURE IS EXACTLY THE SAME, JUST PEOPLE'S LANGUAGE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

AS NO TWO

THERE IS NO SHORT

"IF WE WISH TO UNDERSTAND ANOTHER PERSON, CUT AND WE MUST COME TO KNOW HIS 'WORLD OF REALITY'.

APPRECIATION OF LANGUAGE

AND TEACHING

PROF KAO SAID IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT AN WAS OF CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DOMAIN AND TEACHING AND, IN PARTICULAR, WHICH LEARNING AND APPROACHES WITHIN CULTURES AND ACROSS CULTURE BOUNDARIES WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION.

ATTENDING THE THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE MORE THAN 300 LANGUAGE EDUCATIONALISTS FROM 21 KONG.

OF THIS LEARNING STYLES

AND NATIONAL

ORGANISED BY

IN EDUCATION ARE COUNTRIES AND HONG

A TOTAL OF 146 PAPERS WOULD BE PRESENTED ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE MAIN THEME

A VARIETY OF ON TEACHING AND LEARNING WITHIN AND ACROSS CULTURES:

STYLES IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY".

AMONG THE PAPERS, 87 WILL BE PRESENTED AND 59 BY LOCAL SCHOLARS. IN

OVERSEAS SCHOLARS ADDITION, THERE WILL BE SESSIONS.

12 WORKSHOP

BY

IDB BACKS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT DRIVE

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A MAJOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT DRIVE FOR INDUSTRY IS то BE LAUNCHED IN EARLY 1990 THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD AGREED TODAY.

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THE BOARD, CHAIRED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, ENDORSED PROPOSALS WHICH WOULD SER A SERIES OF STEPS TAKEN ΤΟ ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY RECEIVED FULL SUPPORT IN UPGRADING QUALITY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE.

THE QUALITY CAMPAIGN WOULD LAST FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND WOULD BE TARGETTED AT DECISION MAKERS IN MANUFACTURING WELL AS THEIR EMPLOYEES.

COMPANIES

AS

"THE PRINCIPAL

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