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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1994

COURSES IN THE

LANGUAGE

SUCH AS WRITING A

MR LAM NOTED ALL

TAUGHT VERY PRACTICAL

PLACE, WORK SKILLS OF THE TYPE NEEDED BUSINESS LETTER OR MEMO, OR TAKING PART IN A MEETING.

"THIS

BUSINESS

CONCENTRATION ON SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE MARKS OF PROGRAMME COURSES," HE SAID.

AN INTEGRAL PART OF COURSES WITHIN THE PROGRAMME IS ASSESSMENT,

REQUIRING WHICH IS BASED ON THE STUDENT'S ACTUAL PERFORMANCE IN TASKS THESE PRACTICAL LANGUAGE SKILLS.

"ASSESSMENT IS FREQUENT THROUGHOUT THE COURSES, BUT IS MEANINGFUL," MR LAM SAID.

ALWAYS

ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE HKVEP IS THAT EVERY REGISTERED FOR CERTIFICATION RECEIVES AN INDIVIDUALISED PERFORMANCE AT THE END OF THEIR COURSE.

STUDENT

WHO IS

PROFILE

OF

THE PROFILE SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE STUDENT HAS DEMONSTRATED CAN DO IN ENGLISH AND HOW WELL HE CAN DO IT.

HE

"THESE PROFILES OF PERFORMANCE ALLOW EMPLOYERS AND STUDENTS SEE, AT A GLANCE, EVIDENCE OF ABILITY TO ACTUALLY PERFORM IN ENGLISH SOMETHING I KNOW MANY OF HONG KONG'S EMPLOYERS HAVE WISHED FOR FOR LONG TIME," MR LAM SAID.

ALL PROGRAMME

ΤΟ

A

COURSES ALLOWED OF COMMERCE

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT STUDENTS TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATION FROM THE LONDON CHAMBER AND INDUSTRY EXAMINATIONS BOARD.

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CONTEMPLATE IN HONG

WE WE HOLD OUT GREAT HOPE FOR THIS PROGRAMME AS THE POSITIVE EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH KONG," MR LAM SAID.

GOVERNOR VISITS SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG

LOOK

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TOOK A CLOSE AT LIFE IN A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG TODAY (THURSDAY).

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC SW WONG, THE GOVERNOR VISITED WELLINGTON COLLEGE WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF OVER 40 YEARS. HE WAS RECEIVED BY THE SUPERVISOR, MR DAVID YEOH TAI-WAI, AND THE PRINCIPAL, MR CHAN SHUI-HON.

DURING A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL, THE GOVERNOR OBSERVED SOME CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AND A DEMONSTRATION BY THE SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.

THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS EDUCATION BY THE SCHOOL WHICH JOINED THE GOVERNMENT'S BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME IN 1965.

/THE SCHOOL

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