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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1989

ARE

A TOTAL OF 139 PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS ENGLISH AND CHINESE BY WORLD EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.

ΤΟ BE PRESENTED IN

INTRODUCE

WILL

A THE

PANEL CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME,

FOR ONE

ACADEMICS AND DISCUSSION TO

OCCASION A PRIME MAKE THE

AS PRACTITIONERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION, AS WELL FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, ITS PRESENT AND ITS FUTURE.

DELIBERATIONS ITS THE PANEL DISCUSSION WILL DEVOTE "LANGUAGE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE USE".

TO

THE CONFERENCE WILL BE ATTENDED BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING.

THEY

PROFESSOR INCLUDE

USA; PROFESSOR

UNIVERSITY OF

RUBIN

LEADING

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

OF

LI

CHRISTOPHER

OF THE JOAN

AND PENNSYLVANIA,

THEODORE RODGERS

HAWAII, USA;

PROFESSOR YING-CHE OF THE

PROFESSOR JOHN SINCLAIR CANDLIN OF MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA; OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UK; PROFESSOR BJORN JERNUDD OF

PROFESSOR NATIONAL

OF SINGAPORE;

LIN UNIVERSITY

KIANG SIN UNIVERSITY, AND PROFESSOR XU SI-YI OF AND LEADING FIGURES IN LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION OVERSEAS COUNTRIES.

THE

TAO OF UNIVERSITY,

FROM

BEIJING

CHINA;

OVER 24

CLANSMEN AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS URGED TO FACE UP TO CHALLENGE

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN,

AND CLANSMEN

DISTRICT I THURSDAY) TODAY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY IN THE

CALLED

ON

ASSOCIATIONS

1990'S.

MR LAN WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ASSOCIATIONS.

NEW

THE

REPRESENTED FUNCTION STRENGTHEN RELATIONS SUCCESS OF A SERIES OF KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS.

ANOTHER

WITH

SIMILAR

EFFORT BY THE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS,

FUNCTIONS FOR

CNTA

THE FOLLOWING AREA COMMITTEES AND

ΤΟ

MR LAN DESCRIBED THE 1990'S AS A

"CHALLENGING ERA" FOR HONG

KONG.

ON ONE HAND LOCAL PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO FACE UP TO BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BRAIN DRAIN;

OTHER

ΤΟ THE IMPACT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

ON

WOULD BE THE HAND, THE

WHICH INCLUDE A NEW ENTERING INTO "AN ERA OF MAJOR CONSTRUCTIONS"

IN BOTH THE AIRPORT, ROAD NETWORKS, TUNNELS AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, HE SAID.

+

TERRITORY

/THE 1990'S