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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1992

"WORKBOOKS, SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES AND TESTS WHICH BEAR LITTLE OR NO RELEVANCE TO THE CURRICULUM AND TEACHING PROGRAMMES SHOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDED FOR USE," MR CHAN SAID.

HE ALSO TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT IN RESPONSE TO A RECENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INITIATIVE, PUBLISHERS HAD AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING:

* A TITLE ONCE PUT ON THE RECOMMENDED LISTS WILL NOT NORMALLY BE REVIEWED AGAIN FOR THREE YEARS, EXCEPT FOR JUSTIFIABLE REASONS;

* REVISIONS TO AND NEW EDITIONS OF RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS BE SUBMITTED TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW;

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ANY REPRINTS INVOLVING MINOR AMENDMENTS OTHER THAN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS MUST HAVE THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIOR AGREEMENT; AND

* TITLES INVOLVING UNNECESSARY AMENDMENTS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE RECOMMENDED LISTS.

MR CHAN BELIEVED THAT THESE MEASURES, TOGETHER WITH THE GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WERE SUFFICIENT ΤΟ PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF PARENTS.

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POLICE STEP UP COVERAGE ON SOUTH LANTAU

POLICE COVERAGE ON LAND AND SEA HAS BEEN STEPPED UP TO PREVENT CRIME IN VARIOUS VILLAGES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF LANTAU, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TO PROVIDE A PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO ANY FURTHER OUTBREAK OF CRIME IN THE AREA, HE SAID A CO-ORDINATED OPERATIONAL PLAN INVOLVING LOCAL POLICE CRIME UNITS, NEIGHBOURING DIVISIONS MARINE POLICE AND THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT HAD BEEN FORMULATED.

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FROM JULY 1 то DECEMBER 1

TWO CASES OF THEFT, BURGLARIES AND FOUR ROBBERTES WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA.

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IN A WRITTEN FEPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU WONG-FAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY SAID THESE OFFENCES WERE SUSPECTED ΤΟ HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY CRIMINALS WHO ARRIVED BY SEA.

THE LATEST REPORT OF A BURGLARY WAS MADE ON OCTOBER SITUATION OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET.

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"THE POLICE CONDUCTED FULL INVESTIGATIONS IN ALL THESE REPORTED CASES. NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE BUT ENQUIRIES CONTINUE, MR ASPREY SAID.

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