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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1992

COMPUTERISATION FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS

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COMPUTERS ARE USED IN SPECIAL COMMUNICATION AND REHABILITATION AIDS, THE MR DOMINIC S W WONG SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),

EDUCATION,

SCHOOLS AS

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE" ROADSHOW AT THE HONG KONG SCIENCE MUSEUM, MR WONG SAID: "WE ARE LIVING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE WHERE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF LIFE.

"IT IS CLEAR THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAS ALSO STARTED то CHANGE THE APPROACH TO EDUCATION, HE NOTED.

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"THE DAY WILL COME WHEN COMPUTERS BECOME A BASIC TOOL IN DAY-TO-DAY SCHOOLING.

"WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING

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STUDENTS THROUGH VARIOUS PROJECTS, HE SAID.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE AMONG SECONDARY

STARTING COMPUTER

FROM NEXT MONTH, 21 STUDIES AND AS-LEVEL

MR WONG ALSO POINTED OUT THAT SCHOOLS WOULD BEGIN TO TEACH A-LEVEL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.

EARLIER, MR WONG SAID THAT AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, IMPRESSED BY THE ADVANCEMENT AND BENEFITS WHICH HAD DEVELOPED THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE EDUCATION FIELD.

HE WAS THROUGH

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"SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HAS BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTERS AND COMMON

PROGRAMMES,

SAID.

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APPLICATION

'WORD PROCESSING, STUDENT RECORDS AND BALANCE SHEETS ARE BEING HANDLED BY COMPUTERS, HE ADDED.

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MR WONG SAID THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS AT PRESENT HELPING HIS DEPARTMENT ON A PROJECT WHICH WOULD PROVIDE SPEEDY COMMUNICATION AND EASY FLOW OF INFORMATION WITH SCHOOLS.

ELECTORS URGED TO VOTE IN LEGCO BY-ELECTION

LONG WERE URGED TO

REGISTERED VOTERS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WEST LEGISTATIVE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER MR ROBIN IP, AND THE TUEN MUN

DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER

TODAY (SATURDAY).

LEUNG,

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