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Apart from meeting other conditions set by the Board, a pharmacy graduate returning from overseas who intends to be registered as a pharmacist is required to pass all the three subjects.

The Board conducts its examinations twice a year, normally in June and

December.

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Teaching kit on helping and caring pupils in schools

The Education Department will produce a teaching kit on Whole School Approach to Guidance with a $1.6 million grant from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

The project is aimed at equipping primary and secondary schools with professional suggestions and resource materials for the development of a helping and caring system for their pupils.

The kit will focus on how to enhance pupils' self-esteem, improve their social skills and maintain effective communication with parents. It will also help teachers to identify pupils who are "at risk" so that pupils' problems, if any, can be addressed at an early stage.

The teaching kit will comprise guidelines for school heads and teachers, worksheets, aids and resource materials for classroom teachers and videotapes.

The Education Department has begun research and preparation work. The kit is expected to be completed and ready for distribution to primary and secondary schools in early 1997.

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