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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1991

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ALL APPLICANTS FOR A CNCC WERE REQUIRED TO PAY A FEE OF $110.

HE SAID THIS COVERED PRESENT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ALTHOUGH MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO RAISE THE FEE IN FUTURE.

IT

THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR ASPREY SAID, HAD COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF ISSUING CNCC'S IN RELATION TO CONVICTIONS SPENT UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

HE SAID.

"THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED NO CHANGE IN THE PRESENT

PRACTICE,'

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BASIC PROFICIENCY TESTS PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATION FOR STUDENTS

BASIC

ADMINISTERED

PROFICIENCY TESTS (BPTS), WHICH ARE DEVISED AND BY THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY (HKEA}, AIM ΤΟ PROVIDE AN EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATION FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT INTEND CONTINUE WITH FULL TIME ACADEMIC STUDIES AFTER SECONDARY 5.

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ROSANNA TAM.

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YEUNG, WRITTEN

MR YEUNG SAID BPTS HOLDERS MIGHT BE APPOINTED TO CIVIL SERVICE GRADES WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE A FULL SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, SUCH AS THE RANK AND FILE OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES, AND POSTMEN AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS IN THE CIVILIAN SERVICE.

HE SAID THE HKEA, WHICH RAN THE BPTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NOVEMBER 1990, HAD YET TO SEEK RECOGNITION OF THEIR RESULTS FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

"IT INTENDS TO DO SO, HOWEVER, AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS IN FEBRUARY 1991.

"IT WILL WRITE TO MAJOR EMPLOYERS + ORGANISATIONS TO $BRK THE NECESSARY RECOGNITION," HE SAID.

"THE HKEA WILL CARRY OUT A REVIEW OF THE BPTS, AND OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CONDUCT OF THE TESTS, ONCE THE PRESENT SERIES HAS BEEN CONCLUDED,' HE ADDED.

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/MR YEUNG