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WENDESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991
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IT IS ALSO NOTED THAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS SHOULD DECIDE Fok THEMSELVES WHETHER THEIR MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE ENGLISH OR CHINESE AND THE USE OF MIXED-CODE SHOULD BE REDUCED IN FAVOUR OF THE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT USE OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH IN RESPECT OF TEACHING, TEXTBOOKS AND EXAMINATIONS.
EVIDENCE OF THEIR STUDENTS' ABILITY TO LEARN IN EITHER LANGUAGE AS PRESENTED BY THE NEW ASSESSMENT TESTS, AS WELL AS FIRM GUIDANCE. GIVEN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, WILL ENSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE MEDIUM IS USED BY 1998-99.
THIS REFORM PROPOSAL IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES of RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FOLLOWING À TWO- MONTH PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TIME FOR NEW APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH
TIME IS NOW RIGHT FOR HONG KONG TO ADOPT A NEW
NEW APPROACH TO
PUBLIC HEALTH.
WHEN
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR 8.H. LEE,
OF KOWLOON WEST
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DR LEE REVIEWED THE CHANGES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SCENE IN HONG KONG OVER THE PAST SIX DECADES.
HE RECALLED THAT THE PREDOMINANT PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS DURING THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN THE 1930'S, WHEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES FLED FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG, WERE INADEQUATE HOUSING, WATER SUPPLY, AND POOR SANITATION.
EPIDEMIC DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA, TUBERCULOSIS AND SMALL Þot WERE RAMPANT.
DR LEE SAID MEASURES TAKEN IN THOSE DAYS TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION WAS MAINLY ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, NAMELY SANITATION, HOUSING, SAFE WATER SUPPLY AND FOOD HYGIENE.
IN THE 1950'S AND 1960'S, HE ADDED, MOVES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATION WERE FOCUSED ON PERSONAL PREVENTIVE
PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES SUCH AS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, IMMUNISATION AND SCHOOL HEALTH.
THE NUMBER of CASES
CASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN
IN HOND WITH RMPHASIS
"FOLLOWING A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE NEXT TWO DECADES, KONG ENTERED A NEW ERA
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SHIFTED TO HOSPITAL-BASED SERVICES," DR LEE SAID.
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