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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1989

THESE

REFORMS,

MR WERE

YEUNG ALSO

SAID THE EDUCATION CONSIDERING FURTHER

ADMINISTRATION

ON TOP OF ALL AND THE MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE SCHOOLS.

COMMISSION

OF

EDUCATION

"A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LANGUAGE TEACHING AND THE MEDIUM INSTRUCTION WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BY AN DEPARTMENT WORKING GROUP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH,

HE SAID.

ON

BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS **THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WILL

NINE YEARS' THE CURRICULUM AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN THE PERIOD OF

NEXT REPORT, TO BE PUBLISHED FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN ITS EARLY NEXT YEAR.

STUDY

OF

"OTHER MEASURES WILL FOLLOW, INCLUDING A COMMISSION THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN RELATION TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION.

FRAMEWORK

TAKE PLACE "THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THESE MEASURES WILL

PROVIDED BY OUR NEW EDUCATION THE COHERENT AND LOGICAL STRATEGY.

IN

WAGE INDEXES FOR JUNE PUBLISHED

*

THE OVERALL

NOMINAL WAGE INDEX

FOR

AT

JUNE 1989,

182.7, 1988 AND BY 3.4 INCREASED BY 13.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE

ΤΟ 1989, ACCORDING

STATISTICS WITH MARCH COMPARED PER CENT WHEN PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THAT

12.2

AND

BY

A COMPARISON OF THE JUNE 1989 AND JUNE 1988 INDEXES SHOWS THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY TRADES IMPORT/EXPORT PER CENT; FOR

WHOLESALE/RETAIL + THE

PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 14.7 SERVICES SECTOR BY 13.2 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR 17.6 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 26.0 PER CENT.

SHOWS

AND MARCH 1989 INDEXES A COMPARISON OF THE JUNE 1989 THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED

IMPORT/EXPORT WHOLESALE/RETAIL, FOR THE 3.7 PER CENT;

1.5 PER CENT; FOR RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.5 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES 3.9 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.8 PER CENT.

THE

TRADES AND TRANSPORT SECTOR BY

1989

THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1988 TO JUNE

IN TABLE 1. DETAILED FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.

THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 112.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1988 AND 0.2 THAT IN MARCH 1989.

IN JUNE 1989 WAS 2.3

PER CENT LOWER

THAN

"THE REAL