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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989

AS THE EXAMPLE OF THE GENERALLY KNOWN "INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS". MR LI SAID IT WAS ONE OF OF EDUCATION TWO SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG WHICH OFFERED AN AMERICAN TYPE FOR CHILDREN PLANNING TO PROCEED OR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.

CITING THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

OTHER INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS ALSO OFFERED CURRICULA DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC NATIONAL OR LINGUISTIC GROUPS.

THESE INCLUDED THE GERMAN-SWISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL. HONG KONG JAPANESE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, FRENCH

SCHOOL. INDONESIAN SCHOOL.

**THERE

ALSO SCHOOLS ARE

OPERATED

BY THE

ENGLISH SCHOOLS

FOUNDATION (THE ESF SCHOOLS WHICH PROVIDE A BRITISH TYPE OF EDUCATION

+ MR LI SAID. PRIMARILY FOR CHILDREN WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH.

THAT.

AT

THE ESF SCHOOLS WERE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS WERE

ONLY PRESENT. MR LI NOTED SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL THE OPERATED AS PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

ΤΟ

INTRODUCE A TO THIS END. HE SAID. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED

YEARS OR SO UNDER WHICH DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME WITHIN THE NEXT TWO

GIVEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT SATISFIED THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS WOULD BE A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY ON A PER CAPITA BASIS.

"IN

RECOGNITION OF

THEIR

TO THE

POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION EDUCATION SYSTEM IN HONG KONG. WE WOULD WELCOME APPLICATIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS. MR LI SAID.

THE

TWENTY-TWO LIFE SAVERS HONOURED

*

TWENTY-TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE COMMENDED TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR THEIR COURAGE IN SAVING 54 PEOPLE FROM DROWNING.

THEY WERE EACH PRESENTED THE RESCUE STAR, THE HIGHEST HONOUR FOR WATER RESCUE, BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND

DR FISHERIES,

LAWRENCE LEE.

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE HONG KONG WAS LIFE GUARD CLUB (HKLGC) IN REPULSE BAY. DR LEE SAID THE COMMUNITY PROUD OF THE LIFE SAVERS' SELFLESS AND GALLANT ACTS. "THEY HAVE SET GOOD EXAMPLE FOR US ALL. HE ADDED.

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THE ANNUAL AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 TO OPERATIONS AT SEA.

A

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE SINCE THEN. 787

TO PARTICIPATE IN LIFE-SAVING PEOPLE HAD RECEIVED RESCUE STARS BEFORE TODAY'S CEREMONY,

/THIS YEAR