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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1994

KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN ELECTED

MR SIN CHUNG-KAI WAS ELECTED THE CHAIRMAN OF KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD AT A MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

VOTES.

MR SIN DEFEATED HIS RIVAL MR LEUNG KWONG-CHEONG BY 14 ΤΟ 13

MEANWHILE, MR CHOW YICK-HAY BEAT ANOTHER CANDIDATE MR CHAN TIN- SUNG TO BECOME THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

SIX FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD HAVE ALSO BEEN ELECTED.

THEY ARE MR LEE CHI-KEUNG OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, MR LUK KING-SHING OF HOUSING AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR CHAN SIU-MAN OF SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR WONG CHEONG-SHING OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, MR WONG YIU-CHUNG OF WORKS COMMITTEE, AND LO WAI-LAN OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS COMMITTEE.

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ENGLISH STANDARDS HAVE RISEN GRADUALLY

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DEPARTMENT,

STANDARDS HAVE RISEN

WITH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE EDUCATION PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, ENGLISH GRADUALLY IN RECENT YEARS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH ESSAY COMPETITION 1993/94 PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MISS CHUNG SAID: "IT IS WIDELY REPORTED IN SOME QUARTERS THAT THE ENGLISH STANDARD OF THE AVERAGE HONG KONG STUDENT IS FALLING.

"IT IS

TRUE IF YOU COMPARE THE STANDARD OF TODAY'S GRADUATE WITH THAT OF HIS COUNTERPART ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN EDUCATION WAS FOR THE ELITE AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS WERE ADMITTED INTO UNIVERSITIES.

"TODAY WE HAVE COMPULSORY AND FREE EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE UP TO SECONDARY THREE.

"THE ENGLISH STANDARD OF THE AVERAGE STUDENT AS MEASURED BY THE RESULTS OF THE HONG KONG ATTAINMENT TESTS FELL IN THE LATER 708 AND EARLY 808, BUT WITH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, ENGLISH STANDARDS GRADUALLY IN RECENT YEARS," MISS CHUNG SAID.

"WE HAVE AMBITIOUS PROJECTS IN BOTH THE SECTORS WHICH WE WANT TO PURSUE, SHE SAID.

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HAVE RISEN

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

THIS YEAR, 20 HONG KONG STUDENTS WON PRIZES AND WERE COMMENDED IN THE COMPETITION.

/THEY WERE