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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1994

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GOVT FULLY APPRECIATES WORRIES OF LECTURERS

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IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DOMINIC S W WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY):

MR

OF

OF

"THE GOVERNMENT FULLY APPRECIATES THE WORRIES AND ANXIETIES

OF THE LECTURERS OF THE COLLEGES

EDUCATION AND THE INSTITUTE LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO TRANSFER TO THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE

EDUCATION (HKIED).

то THE

WE ARE,

PROPOSED GENERALLY

THEREFORE, ALREADY ACTIVELY CONSIDERING IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE ANNOUNCED IN JULY FOR CONSULTATION. LECTURERS ARE AWARE OF OUR INTENTION TO PUT A SUBMISSION TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.

AND

"I WISH TO POINT OUT ONCE AGAIN THAT UNDER THE ORIGINALLY

ACROSS PROPOSED PACKAGE, LECTURERS MAY TRANSFER

то THE HKIED WITH THEIR EXISTING SALARIES

PENSION BENEFIT PROTECTEL. THEY WILL ALSO RETAIN THE CIVIL SERVICE HOUSING BENEFITS WHICH THEY ARE RECEIVING. EVEN SO, WE ARE NOW PREPARING A REVISED AND IMPROVED PACKAGE FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

"I HOPE LECTURERS REALISE THAT THEY WILL HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER IN THE HKIED, AND WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PART TO PLAY IN THE UPGRADING OF TEACHER EDUCATION. WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRANSFER ACROSS TO THE

CAN HKIED SO THAT THEY PROCESS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THIS UPGRADING

WILL BENEFIT THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

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"WE REGRET то LEARN THAT, DESPITE OUR POSITIVE EFFORTS, COLLEGE STAFF UNIONS HAVE CALLED FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 7.

"I SINCERELY URGE LECTURERS PROFESSIONALISM

WHILE

WAITING FOR

IN

то EXERCISE GOOD SENSE AND FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON THE PACKAGE.

THE MEANTIME, ANY ACTION BY LECTURERS TO DISRUPT TEACHER EDUCATION WILL NOT BE HELPFUL TO THEIR CAUSE. NOR WILL IT BE IN THE INTEREST OF THE PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, EXISTING TRAINEES AND THE COMMUNITY.

UNIONS TO CALL OFF THE INTENDED APPEAL

"I APPEAL TO COLLEGE STAFF INDUSTRIAL ACTION, AND FURTHER RESPONSIBLY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND TO IN ANY INDUSTRIAL ACTION.

TO ALL REFRAIN

ACT LECTURERS TO FROM TAKING PART

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HAVE PER

"I AM GLAD TO LEARN THAT OF THE 280 SERVING LECTURERS WHO

AND HAVE APPLIED FOR POSTS IN THE HKIED

BEEN INTERVIEWED, CENT OF THEM HAVE BEEN OFFERED APPOINTMENTS.

AMONG THE successFUL APPLICANTS, OVER 70 PER OFFERED APPOINTMENT TO A RANK THAN THAT IN THEIR EXISTING OFFERED ACTING APPOINTMENTS

HIGHER

CENT HAVE BEEN

WITH A

SALARY MAXIMUM

POINT RANK. ANOTHER 22 PER CENT HAVE BEEN

то RANKS WITH HIGHER SALARY POINTS.

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