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"GIVEN THE

MUTUALLY

BENEFICIAL

HONG KONG'S BILATERAL

JAPAN FOR

то HAVE

A

11

HE SAID.

IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING TRADE WITH JAPAN, IT IS GREATER PRESENCE IN THE HONG KONG BANKING SECTOR,

THE

GRANTING OF

THE LICENCE

BRINGS

ARE 138

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCORPORATED OUTSIDE HONG LICENSED BANKS TO 168, OF WHICH KONG. A TOTAL OF FIVE BANKING LICENCES HAVE BEEN GRANTED THIS YEAR.

0

VIEWS SOUGHT ON MEASURES TO ENSURE FULLEST POSSIBLE SIXTH-FORM ENROLMENT

*

REMEDIAL MEASURES SIXTH-FORM PLACES IN

SCHOOLS COUNCILS ARE NOW BEING CONSULTED ON TO SECURE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE UTILISATION OF PUBLIC-SECTOR SCHOOLS.

THE PROPOSALS

AROSE

FROM HAD

THE FACT

THE NEED FOR SIXTH-FORM ENROLMENT RATIO IN THESE SCHOOLS PER CENT IN 1985 TO 79.2 PER CENT LAST YEAR, THE EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE

ТНАТ DECLINED FROM 86.8 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF

OF PUBLIC FUNDS

CONTINUE,

14 "UNDER-ENROLMENT TO THIS DEGREE IS WASTEFUL AND OTHER RESOURCES AND QUITE CLEARLY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HE SAID IN AN ADDRESS GIVEN AT THE 25TH ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF SHAU WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.

H

KEI

OF UNDER-ENROLMENT WERK MANY SCHOOLS AND APPLYING SUCCESSFULLY

MR WINFIELD SAID THE TWO MAIN CAUSES THE HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADMISSION POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE PRACTICE OF MANY WELL-QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL.

"OTHER FACTORS

INCLUDE

EMIGRATION,

OVERSEAS

STUDENTS

STUDY OFFERED

INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE INSTITUTES AND

НЕ POLYTECHNICS,

OPPORTUNITIES AND EARLY DROPOUT FROM SECONDARY 6 BY PLACES After the SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEGUN IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, SAID.

TECHNICAL

THE

ENTRY

PLANNED TERTIARY EXAMINATIONS UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTIVE AND AT ODDS WITH THE CURRICULUM REFORM, HE SAID.

THE REMEDIAL MEASURES INCLUDED REMOVING, OR AT LEAST

REQUIREMENTS FOR

A-LEVEL SITTING WITH WHICH,

(ADVANCED

LOWERING, LEVEL) WERE EXPANSION,

NOW UNDERLYING SPIRIT OF

ANOTHER MEASURE WOULD

BX ΤΟ

WITHOUT

AFFECTING

WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE IN SCIENCE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF A-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS, PARTICULARLY

MATHEMATICS, AND

OVERSEAS

RECOGNITION.

BUT

STANDARDS

OR

+

THEIR SECONDARY 6

SCHOOLS WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FILL ALL PLACES BY A FIVE-STAGE ADMISSION PROCEDURE, HE SAID.

REDUCE

/"THE PROPOSED