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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16,

1992

QUESTION:

SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS. CONTINUING EDUCATION LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS. MORE POPULAR ASKED

INFORMATION COUNCIL

MR PATTEN, THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST SURVEY THE 1ST SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, HAS CONFIRMED THE LOW QUALITY

DATED OF SOME THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE STANDARD OF MANY TEXTBOOKS AND ASSESSMENT BOOKS WHICH WERE SILLY QUESTIONS AND DID NOT HAVE UP ON WORLD AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL ISSUES.

ΤΟ DATE BOTH AND THE HONG KONG PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS UNION HAVE

THE CONSUMER MOVES ΤΟ RESTRICT

ANNOUNCED UNSCRUPULOUS PUBLISHERS WHO PUSH

TEXTBOOKS. A PETITION FROM BOARD MEMBER OFFICERS AND CONCERNED GROUPS COUNCIL TO INITIATE A SURVEY WHICH WILL BE USED AND PUBLISH A LIST OF DISHONEST PUBLISHERS. HAPPENED.

PROMOTE

SUB-STANDARD

DISTRICT CONSUMER

**

UP

EIGHT

PRICES

AND

TUEN MUN PROMPTED THE TO COMPILE SQ FAR NOTHING HAS

ENGLISH

A REVIEW OF THE GRAMMATICAL STANDARDS OF SOME TEXTBOOKS HAS DRIVEN LANGUAGE TEACHERS ALMOST TO THE BRINK OF DESPAIR. DR AMY CHUI BIK-MEI, A LECTURER AT THE STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SAID:

OF CURRICULUM THE

"WE COULDN'T EXERCISES IN A LOT OF THE BOOKS WANTED TO ACHIEVE

SEE WHAT TEACHING, AND

IN THE BOOKS DON'T TEACH THE STUDENTS

TERMS OF WORKS WITH FULL INFORMATION.

HOW THE LANGUAGE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER FROM TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR LAU YUK-KEE, EXAMINED DRAFTS FIVE BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THE EDUCATION ENGLISH COURSE

FOR A MODERN AND HE FOUND ERRORS IN ALL THE BOOKS, WHICH WOULD REFLECT AND

HE SAID SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH.

HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

BY THE CORRECT.

TEACHERS AS THEM, I'M

DEPARTMENT

MADE

BY RECOMMENDED

SOME

OF

SO REINFORCE COMMON ERRORS THEY OCCUR IN THE BOOK AND SO WILL BE ACCEPTED BY I THINK IT WILL BE TOO MUCH IF I READ ALL AND I THANK YOU, LASTLY, FOR YOUR KINDNESS TO RECEIVE A OF THIS NEWSPAPER FROM ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SORRY.

GOVERNOR:

KWUN FOR

COPY

THE FIRST PERHAPS, IF

JUST BEFORE ANSWERING, CAN I SAY THAT BOTH TWO QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ON VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, BUT QUESTIONERS FROM NOW ON COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEFER, WE'D BE ABLE TO GET IN MORE QUESTIONS.

ALL OF US, I'M SURE, SHARE YOUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG. PARTLY A MATTER OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND GIVING

WE KNOW THAT IS MORE TIME TO GIVE TO THEIR PUPILS;

THEM THAT

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE HAVE A SYLLABUS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHICH IS UP TODATE,

CERTAIN DEVELOP OUR CURRICULUM IN

THAT A SENSIBLE WAY

WE TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIAL TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND THAT WE HAVE THE

WE

NOW, I KNOW THAT THE EDUCATIONAL

QUALITY OF SUBJECT WHICH CONCERNS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

ENGLISH IS AN UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS AND COLLEGES BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMETIMES IT CONCERNS OUR WORRIED ABOUT THE STANDARD OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS,

WHO ARE COMING AND IT

INTO ALSO CONCERNS MANY BUSINESSMEN

THEIR CONCERNED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD REMAIN AN INTERNATIONAL, FINANCIAL AND WHO ARE VERY COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND, IF IT'S TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT CAN USE ENGLISH FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AS WELL

WE MANDARIN. IT'S A SUBJECT

AS CANTONESE THAT I'VE

AND UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AND IT'S A SUBJECT THAT I ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE INTEND TO DISCUSS WITH MY BUSINESS COUNCIL AND, IN THE LIGHT OF DISCUSSIONS, I WILL CERTAINLY, AS YOU'VE SUGGESTED, TAKE UP WITH

THOSE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE PARTICULAR

THE RAISED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CURRICULUM MATERIAL IN THE CLASSROOM.

POINTS YOU'VE

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