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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1994

1992.

THE COMMITTEE WAS SET UP BY A GROUP OF EDUCATION

PIONEERS IN

OF

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, IT HAS ALREADY AROUSED A SPIRIT COLLABORATION AND HAS PROVIDED VENUES FOR SHARING VALUABLE EXPERIENCES AND DISSEMINATING GOOD PRACTICES AMONG TEACHERS OF MEMBER SCHOOLS.

THE COMMITTER'S INITIAL FOCUS WAS ON GUIDANCE WORK FOR STUDENTS BUT ITS SCOPE OF WORK HAS SINCE BEEN BROADENED TO COVER FOUR MAIN AREAS, NAMELY WHOLE-SCHOOL APPROACH TO GUIDANCE, TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT.

MR LEUNG SAID THE TABS MOVEMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES (SMI) SCHEME SHOULD REINFORCE EACH OTHER IN PROMOTING QUALITY EDUCATION.

FOR

HE POINTED OUT THAT A HEALTHY AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND A FAVOURABLE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WERE ESSENTIAL INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS TO SUSTAIN GOOD PRACTICES AND SUCCESS.

THE

"THE KEY ELEMENTS INCLUDE A CLEAR MISSION AND GOAL FOR SCHOOL, FORWARD PLANNING AND EFFECTIVE EVALUATION, MORE OPEN DECISION- MAKING PROCESS AT ALL LEVELS, AND WIDER PARTICIPATION BY PARENTS, TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS, HE SAID.

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HE NOTED THAT THE SMI ALSO PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK THESE KEY AREAS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE OPERATION SCHOOLS.

CATERING FOR

OF EFFECTIVE

"[ HOPE THIS VIEW WILL BE SHARED BY MORF SCHOOL MANAGERS, HEADS AND TEACHERS AND THAT MORE SCHOOLS WILL JOIN THE SMI SCHEME, MR LEUNG SAID.

BA CONSIDERS COMPLAINTS ABOUT TV PROGRAMMES

THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (BA) MET YESTERDAY {THURSDAY} AND CONSIDERED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT TELEVISION PROGRAMMES.

WITH THAT

THE RA FOUND THAT BOTH ATV AND TVB HAD FAILED TO COMPLY MINIMUM PROGRAMME SEGMENT REQUIREMENT, WHICH STIPULATRS ORDINARILY PROGRAMME SEGMENTS SHOULD NOT BE SHORTER THAN 10 MINUTES.

THE

ATV WORLD HAD BROADCAST A PROGRAMME SEGMENT OF THE PROGRAMME "HUNTER" THAT FELL SHORT OF THE MINIMUM DURATION BY NEARLY FOUR-AND-A- HALF MINUTES, AND TVB JADE HAD BROADCAST THREE SEGMENTS OF THE PROGRAMME "BRIGHT LIGHT, BIG CITY" WHICH WERE SHORTER THAN 10 MINUTES.

THE BA SAID THE MINIMUM PROGRAMME SEGMENT REQUIREMENTS WERE IMPOSED TO PREVENT VIEWERS FROM BEING BOMBARDED WITH TOO FREQUENT ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER NON-PROGRAMME MATERIAL, AND INSTRUCTED THE LICENSEES TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE RESTRICTIONS.

/THE BA,