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(c) For Parents

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whether parents are better informed about their children's progress, strengths and weaknesses in specific areas of learning and measures to deal with the weaknesses identified.

The means of measurement can include questionnaires, observations and assessments of performance in the three core subjects of Chinese, English and Mathematics. A decision on the specific techniques to be employed will be made after taking advice from the Monitoring Committee.

End/Wednesday, January 18, 1995

Part-time court interpreters

Following is a question by the Hon Moses Cheng Mo-chi and a written reply by the Chief Secretary, the Hon Mrs Anson Chan, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

The remuneration of part-time court interpreters is of a relatively low level which makes it difficult to attract suitable people to take up the job. In a recent trial of an assault case, the progress of the trial has been impeded because of difficulties in In this finding a part-time court interpreter who speaks the Wenzhou dialect. connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

of the number of times that part-time court interpreters were employed by the Judiciary in the past year;

(b)

(c)

of the amount of money allocated to the Judiciary for employing part- time court interpreters this year, and whether the allocation is sufficient;

of the current method of calculating the remuneration of part-time court interpreters; and whether such method of calculation differs from the method of calculating the remuneration of part- time interpreters employed by tribunals established by the Government such as the Insider Dealing Tribunal; if so, why there is such a difference; and