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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989
"A NEW 60-HOUR COURSE HAS BEEN DEVISED, WHICH THIS YEAR IS BEING PROVIDED TO STAFF IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN PREPARATION FOR GREATER EMPHASIS IN THESE AREAS IN ALL TRAINING COURSES FOR NEW AND SERVING TEACHERS FROM SEPTEMBER 1990.
"MEANWHILE THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IS EXAMINING BEHAVIOURAL AND CURRICULAR PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION, AND WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ITS REPORT NO. 4 NEXT YEAR, HE ADDED.
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WHILE THE CASES OF WOUNDING COMMITTED IN SCHOOLS IN RECENT WEEKS HAD UNDERSTANDABLY CAUSED CONCERN AMONG TEACHERS, PUPILS AND PARENTS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT IT WOULD
BE UNWISE TO BE PANICKED BY THESE INCIDENTS INTO IMPRACTICAL AND ILL-CONSIDERED MEASURES.
STUDENTS,
HE
DRASTIC MEASURES, SUCH AS DAILY SEARCHES OF ALL BELIEVED, WOULD NEITHER BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY NOR EFFECTIVE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF TEACHERS AND OTHER STUDENTS, SINCE ANYONE INTENT ON DOING MISCHIEF COULD STILL SEEK OUT HIS VICTIMS AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
AS NO MEASURE COULD GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, MR YEUNG SAID: "WHAT WE CAN DO, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING, IS то MINIMISE THE LIKELIHOOD OF VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS."
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EXACT FARES DO NOT INCREASE TUNNEL THROUGHPUT
NOT INCREASE
REQUIRING ALL MOTORISTS TO PAY EXACT TOLLS WOULD TUNNEL THROUGHPUT, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON DAVID CHEUNG, LEUNG SAID THAT IN APRIL 1985 THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED
ΤΟ EXAMINE EXPERIMENT AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL
THE EFFECTS ON THE TUNNEL TRAFFIC FLOW OF DESIGNATING MORE "EXACT PAYMENT" TOLL BOOTHS.
THE EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT IN THE PEAK PERIODS AN EXACT PAYMENT BOOTH COULD HANDLE 10 PER CENT MORE VEHICLES THAN ORDINARY TOLL BOOTHS.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN THE TUNNEL THROUGHPUT AS
CONTINUED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE TUNNEL
ΤΟ TUNNEL'S DESIGN CAPACITY, MR LEUNG SAID.
THE
EXCEED
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