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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1994

HOWEVER, THE SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED, AND THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE REVIEWED EARLY NEXT YEAR TO SEE WHETHER VEHICLES WITH PERMITS FOR THE SHA TAU KOK AND MAN KAM TO CROSSING POINTS CAN ALSO USE THE OVERNIGHT FACILITIES AT LOK MA CHAU

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HUANGGANG.

A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WOULD HELP SPREAD TRAFFIC OVER 24 HOURS EACH DAY AND WOULD BENEFIT THE ROUND THE CLOCK OPERATION OF THE CONTAINER PORT.

FEES UNDER ANTIBIOTICS ORDINANCE REVISED

THE GOVERNMENT IS TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT AND FOR RENEWAL OF A PERMIT UNDER THE ANTIBIOTICS ORDINANCE.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID A RECENT STUDY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHOWED THAT THE EXISTING FEE LEVELS WERE BELOW COST.

THE FEES UNDER THE ANTIBIOTICS ORDINANCE WERE LAST REVISED

IN

1989.

THE NEW FEES, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ON OCTOBER 28, WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER 1.

DETAILS OF THE FEE INCREASES ARE AS FOLLOWS :

ITEM

EXISTING FEE

APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT

300

RENEWAL OF A PERMIT

300

REVISED FEE

390

335

ED DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT TOC

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED LITERALLY TONNES OF TEACHING AND REFERENCE MATERIALS TO HELP TEACHERS IMPLEMENT TARGET ORIENTED CURRICULUM (TOC) IN HONG KONG'S PRIMARY SCHOOLS,

THE PACKAGE OF 17 BOOKS PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES WEALTH OF MATERIALS ON TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT UNDER TOC.

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THE MATERIALS EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF TOC, LEARNING TARGETS AND OBJECTIVES, TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES, AND SAMPLE TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS.

INCLUDE

/THE PACKAGE