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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1992

UK IMMERSION COURSE LAUDED

THE UNITED

KINGDOM IMMERSION AND ATTACHMENT PROGRAMMES STRENGTHEN TEACHER TRAINEES AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION LECTURERS IN THE FIELD OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

STUDENTS WOULD ALSO

TEACHING, MR WONG SAID.

BENEFIT FROM THE IMPROVED QUALITY OF

SPEAKING AT A WELCOME BACK RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL, HE SAID UNDER THE IMMERSION PROGRAMME, 100 TEACHER TRAINEES FROM THE COLLEGES WERE PROVIDED WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SIX WEEKS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE THEY COULD STRENGTHEN THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS BY BEING IMMERSED IN THE BRITISH CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.

"THE ATTACHMENT PROGRAMME ALSO PROVIDED OUR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LECTURERS WITH THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY OF SPENDING TWO WEEKS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SO THAT THEY COULD EXAMINE THE LATEST METHODS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, VISIT SCHOOLS AND EXCHANGE IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS, HE SAID.

MR WONG THANKED THE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR MAKING THE TWO SCHEMES

POSSIBLE.

FOR

"THE GOVERNMENT AND I ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE BRITISH COUNCIL ITS GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP. THE BRITISH COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT REAFFIRMS ITS KEEN INTEREST IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, HE SAID, HOPING THAT THESE MEANINGFUL PROGRAMMES WOULD CONTINUE IN FUTURE YEARS.

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL EXTRAVAGANZA

OCTOBER

THE ONE-MONTH SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL WILL START ON 24 WITH A STAR-STUDDED EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE SOCCER PITCHES OF THE ABERDEEN SPORTS GROUND, WONG CHUK HANG.

ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (SATURDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MRS SO CHAU YIM-PING, SAID THE OPENING CEREMONY CUM VARIETY SHOW FOR THE TRIENNIAL EVENT WOULD FEATURE TOP SINGERS MR AARON KWOK, MISS SALLY YEH, THE BEYOND AND YU KU LEI LIN.

A JOINT PRESENTATION WITH RADIO TWO OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE SHOW WILL ALSO FEATURE A STRONG LINE-UP OF RADIO ARTISTES, INCLUDING MISS CANDY CHEA, MISS HO KA-LAI, MISS SERINA HA AND CUSON LAW.

MR

THERE WILL

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