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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1992

"RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS/PUBLIC AUTHORITIES MUST ASSESS OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, TRANSPORT AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE DECIDING WHAT ACTION TO TAKE," MR CHAN SAID.

SITTING FOR PUBLIC YEARS OLD AND BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS

EXAMINATIONS, THEY

ARE

ABLE ΤΟ TAKE CARE OF THAN YOUNGER STUDENTS,

"AS FOR PERSONS USUALLY AT LEAST 16 THEMSELVES IN ADVERSE ESPECIALLY KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

"ONCE UNDER WAY, EVERY EFFORT MUST BE MADE TO BRING AN EXAMINATION TO ITS CONCLUSION FOR REASONS OF SECURITY AND FAIRNESS. RESCHEDULING THE EXAMINATION WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETELY NEW SET OF EXAMINATION PAPERS TO BE PREPARED.

"

'AGAIN THIS IS EXAMINATIONS," HE ADDED.

PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR

OVERSEAS

NEVERTHELESS, WHEN SUCH A WARNING IS ISSUED PRIOR TO 7 AM WHICH IS THE TIME WHEN QUESTION PAPERS ARE RELEASED BY THE HKEA FOR DISTRIBUTION TO EXAMINATION CENTRES ON THE MORNING OF AN EXAMINATION, THE HKEA WILL GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO THE FEASIBILITY OF POSTPONING THE EXAMINATION, MR CHAN POINTED OUT.

SIMILARLY, CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO POSTPONING AFTERNOON EXAMINATIONS WHEN SUFFICIENT WARNING IS GIVEN BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THERE WERE SEVEN OCCASIONS WHEN RAINFALL OVER 10 TELEMETERING RAINGAUGES IN HONG KONG REACHED OR EXCEEDED 50 MM WITHIN AN HOUR, AND ONLY ONE OCCASION WHEN IT REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 MM WITHIN TWO HOURS.

NONE OF THESE EIGHT OCCASIONS OCCURRED WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NUMBER 8 OR ABOVE WAS HOISTED.

UPGC EXAMINES REVISED ACADEMIC PROPOSALS

* * * * * *

FOR

OF

1994-95

THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO REVISE THE PLANNING TARGET FIRST-YEAR, FIRST-DEGREE PLACES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE NUMBER OF FIRST-YEAR, FIRST-DEGREE NURSING PLACES IN THE 1991-92 ACADEMIC YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HAS INCORPORATED IN REVISED ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR 1992-95 TRIENNIUM CHANGES TO THE INTAKES ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR FIRST-DEGREE COURSES CERTAIN PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A REDUCTION OF 10 PLACES IN THE TIME B.SC. COURSE IN NURSING IN 1992-93.

IT'S

SOME

IN

FULL-

/THIS WAS

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