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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1994

WOULD

AS REGARDS THE BEACHES IN TAI LONG SAI WAN, THEY ARE PARTIALLY PLAN то LOCATED

THERE IS NO WITHIN THE SAI KUNG EAST COUNTRY PARK. PROVIDE

WHILE SUCH A PROVISION VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THIS AREA.

THE OTHER ADMITTEDLY ATTRACT MORE VISITORS TO THE AREA, IT WILL, ON

BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE HAND,

NATURAL TRANQUILLITY,

BEAUTY ENVIRONMENT OF THE COUNTRY PARK. IN ANY EVENT, THE BEACHES IN AREA HAVE A STRONG UNDERCURRENT MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR THE CASUAL SWIMMERS

AT AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED NOT TO SWIM

BEACHES.

I WOULD

AND THIS

THESE

ON

SWIMMERS LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ABOUT 13,000,000 AVERAGE USE OUR GAZETTED BEACHES EVERY YEAR. THIS COMPARES WITH ABOUT IT IS CLEAR FROM 6,500,000 SWIMMERS GOING TO PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS. THESE FIGURES THAT THERE IS NO LACK OF FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO GO SWIMMING AT BEACHES.

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MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS

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FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

QUESTION: REGARDING THE ARRANGEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE GROUPING OF THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING :

SCHOOL ENGLISH ENGLISH MEDIUM

(A) HOW MANY SECONDARY SCHOOLS OPENED IN THE NEW

TERM HAVE CHOSEN CHINESE, ENGLISH, CHINESE OR ON A SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT BASIS, OR CHINESE OR ON A CLASS-TO-CLASS BASIS RESPECTIVELY AS THE OF INSTRUCTION; AND IN RESPECT OF THESE SCHOOLS, DOES THE AUTHORITY CONCERNED ASSESS THE STANDARD STUDENT INTAKE AND HOW DOES IT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THESE SCHOOLS;

(B)

(C)

HOW

FOR

WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN BY THE CATEGORIES AS LISTED IN (A) ABOVE IN RESPECT OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, AND WHAT MEASURES WILL THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TAKE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE TAKEN IN MORE STUDENTS OF LOWER ACADEMIC STANDARDS TO ADOPT THE MOTHER TONGUE AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN A POSITIVE MANNER; AND

OF HAVE WITH AND

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HOW MANY CHOSEN THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN CONFORMITY THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUTHORITY CONCERNED HOW MANY HAVE NOT; WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN BY THE CATEGORIES LISTED IN (A) ABOVE; AND

/(D) WHETHER IT