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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991

"I BELIEVE IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF MAINTAINING ORDER OUTSIDE POLLING STATIONS, HE ADDED.

MR

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SUEN SAID VOTE COUNTING WOULD BE CONDUCTED AT THE COUNTING CENTRE IN EACH CONSTITUENCY.

"OWING TO THE DOUBLE-SEAT ARRANGEMENT AND THE LARGE NUMBER of CANDIDATES, TOGETHER WITH AN EXPECTED HIGH VOTER TURNOUT, COUNTING WILL TAKE MORE TIME THAN PREVIOUSLY, HE SAID.

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то EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, MR SUEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD INSTALLED A VOTE COUNTING MACHINE AT EACH COUNTING CENTRE.

"DESPITE THIS, THE ELECTION RESULTS WILL PROBABLY BE AVAILABLE AT A LATER TIME THAN BEFORE.

"GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE DO NOT EXPECT PRELIMINARY RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE MONDAY MORNING," HE SAID.

IF EVERYTHING WENT WELL, MR SUEN EXPECTED THE RESULTS WOULD BEGIN TO COME IN AROUND 8 AM THAT MORNING.

GOVT ACCEPTS REFORMS FOR LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION

Put

LANGUAGE

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED A SERIES OF PROPOSALS FORTH BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF IN EDUCATION, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE ESSENCE OF THE PROPOSALS IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WILL EDUCATION ON OUR SCHOOL BY MINIMISING MIXED-CODE TEACHING. THIS BE ACHIEVED BY GROUPING STUDENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN IN AT CHINESE

ASSESSMENTS ENGLISH AS DETERMINED THROUGH OR

OBJECTIVE

PRIMARY 6.

"SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED ΤΟ CHOOSE, IN 1994, WHETHER TO BE CHINESE MEDIUM, ENGLISH-MEDIUM OR TWO MEDIUM SCHOOLS AND TO CHOOSE THE PROPORTION OF CLASSES IN EACH MEDIUM TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENT INTAKE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"

THEIR

ADMINISTER

AND

MEASURES WILL BE TAKEN то DEVELOP, TEST AND ATTAINMENT TARGETS AND RELATED ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS FOR CHINESE ENGLISH AT PRIMARY 6 AND SECONDARY 3.

"REGULAR REVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO MONITOR PROGRESS AND TO

WHETHER CONSIDER

STRONGER

NEEDED MEASURES MAY BE

TO ACHIEVE THE

AND OF ENCOURAGING CHINESE-MEDIUM INSTRUCTION OBJECTIVES MIXED-CODE TEACHING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"

MINIMISING

IT HAS ALSO BEEN ACCEPTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ENHANCING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES AT PRIMARY 5 AND 6 TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF PRIMARY STUDENTS' ENGLISH.

/CONCERNING BRIDGING