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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993

MORE ECVII'S TO RETURN HOME

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (MONDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT ANOTHER GROUP OF SOME 460 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVII'S) WILL BE RETURNED TO NANNING, GUANGXI BY AIR ON FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS STARTING FROM TOMORROW.

SINCE AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINESE OFFICIALS IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 167 ECVII'S HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO CHINA BY LAND AND 876 BY AIR.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID DISCUSSIONS WERE CONTINUING WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON THE REPATRIATION OF THE REMAINING 1,000 ECVII'S IN HONG KONG.

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INT'L CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND LEARNING OPENS ON WEDNESDAY

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FIFTY-FIVE INTERNATIONAL AND 146 LOCAL LANGUAGE EDUCATIONISTS WILL PRESENT PAPERS AT THE THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE 1993 (ILEC 93) TO BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 15 TO 17 IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE CONFERENCE IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS.

THERE WILL BE INTERNATIONAL PAPER PRESENTERS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, THE UNITED KINDGOM, SPAIN, BULGARIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND MACAU.

PLENARY SPEAKERS COMPRISE PROF MICHAEL A K HALLIDAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY; PROF CHEN JIANMIN OF THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, CHINA; DR GEOFF BRINDLEY OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS, MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA; PROF OVID TZENG OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, NATIONAL CHUNG-CHENG UNIVERSITY; PROF GORDON WELLS OF THE ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION, CANADA; AND DR CHEN HSUAN-CHIH, SENIOR LECTURER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS LANGUAGE AND LEARNING.

THE FIRST PLENARY LECTURE WILL BE GIVEN BY PROF HALLIDAY, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING EDUCATIONAL APPLIED LINGUISTS, WHO WILL SPEAK ON LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LEARNING IN GENERAL.

THE WELCOME ADDRESS TO THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN BY PROF WANG GUNG-WU, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

/THE DIRECTOR