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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1989

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NEW BUILDINGS THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF

DURING COMPLETED MONTH WAS 229.618 SQUARE METRES. OF WHICH 158,867.3 SQUARE METRES FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC USES.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED MONTH WAS ABOUT $697 MILLION.

THE

WAS

DURING THE

THE

NEW

ALSO DURING THE MONTH. THE OFFICE ISSUED 42 OCCUPATION PERMITS

FOR KOWLOON

FOR AND 21 12 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND. TERRITORIES.

NINE

IN ADDITION. THE OFFICE

ISSUED

40 DEMOLITION

AFFECTING 105 BUILDINGS.

CONSENTS

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 642 COMPLAINTS

BUILDING WORKS DURING REGARDING ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND ILLEGAL MONTH. CARRIED OUT 968 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 142 REMOVAL ORDERS.

THI

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED NO CLOSURES WERE REQUIRED.

460

LIBERAL STUDIES FOR SIXTH FORM PROPOSED

BUILDINGS. AND

WAS LIKELY

THE REPORT STUDIES, THE

ΤΟ

THE WORKING GROUP ON SIXTH FORM EDUCATION INCLUDE AMONG ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IN ITS FIRST INTRODUCTION OF AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSE IN LIBERAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

"EDUCATION WINFIELD SAID WHICH

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A CONFERENCE ON

MR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHING", TECHNOLOGY IN THE COURSE CURRICULUM WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE FORM OF MODULES

FOR COULD INCLUDE,

EXAMPLE, CHINA TODAY, THE MEDIA IN SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

"AN

PROBABLY

CONSIST

OF

I-LEVEL LIBERAL STUDIES COURSE WOULD TWO SUCH MODULES SELECTED BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS FROM THOSE AVAILABLE, HE SAID.

"WITH SUCH A SUBJECT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS IN THE SIXTH FORM TO PURSUE A COURSE OF STUDY WHICH INCLUDED,

AND

THE FOR

TECHNOLOGY MODULE,

SYLLABUS OF EXAMPLE, THE SCIENCE

MORE AWARE WHICH COULD BE DESIGNED TO ENABLE SUCH STUDENTS TO BECOME OF SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

OF THE

"IT ALSO HELPS STUDENTS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUCH AREAS AS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, MEDICINE. PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN COMMUNICATION, CONSIDER RELATED ETHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES."

AND ΤΟ

/MR WINFIELD