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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1990

ON LANGUAGE THAT THE

NEVERTHELESS, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S REPORT IMPROVEMENT MEASURES, PUBLISHED IN MAY 1989, HAD SUGGESTED ENGLISH OF SOME OF THESE TEACHERS WAS NOT UP TO THE SCRATCH, HE ADDED.

"THIS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION

WHICH INCLUDES FOURTH REPORT, CONTEXT OF ITS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION,

H

A REVIEW MR YEUNG SAID.

IN THE OF THE

DISCLOSURE

MR YEUNG SAID, WITHOUT WISHING TO MAKE A PREMATURE

FORWARD MIGHT BE OF THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS, HE THOUGHT THE WAY PARTLY TO DEVELOP A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE LANGUAGE ABILITY OF ALL A STUDENTS WAS ASSESSED OBJECTIVELY, AND PARTLY FOR SCHOOLS TO MAKE CLEAR-CUT CHOICE AS TO WHICH MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION THEY WOULD USE.

"THE AIM WOULD BE TO PLACE STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS USING THE MEDIUM

" HE SAID. OF INSTRUCTION BEST SUITED TO THEIR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT,

"THUS, RATHER THAN DEPLOYING SCARCE

A

RESOURCES ON RESEARCH TO ESTABLISH THE PROFICIENCY OF EXISTING TEACHERS USING ENGLISH AS

RESOURCES MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, WE WOULD PREFER TO DEPLOY THESE SET MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH AND TO IMPROVE TEACHER TRAINING, YEUNG ADDED.

ΤΟ MR

USE OF LOUDSPEAKERS IN PUBLIC PLACE REQUIRES POLICE APPROVAL

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PUBLIC IN A

PLACE REQUIRES THE USE OF LOUDSPEAKERS

OFFENCES THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE UNDER THE SUMMARY

HAS BERN SEPARATELY OF SUCH EQUIPMENT ORDINANCE, UNLESS THE USE AUTHORISED UNDER THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE.

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID THIS A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT.

HE SAID THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE ALSO PROHIBITED THE USE LOUDSPEAKERS WHICH WERE A SOURCE OF ANNOYANCE TO THE PUBLIC.

"EACH APPLICATION TO USE LOUDSPEAKERS IS CONSIDERED ON ITS

MERITS.

"IN

IF

THE

OF

OWN

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COMMISSIONER ISSUED IS A PERMIT GENERAL,

AND NECESSARY

WILL NOT SATISFIED THAT THE USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT IS CAUSE A NUISANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC," MR ASPREY SAID.

TYPE

OF

AS APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WERE NOT CATEGORISED BY THE PERSON OR BODY MAKING THE APPLICATION, STATISTICS ON APPLICATIONS FROM VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS ALONE WERE NOT AVAILABLE, HE SAID.

/HOWEVER, THERE

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