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Monitors' Report submitted to CS

The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Wednesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.

The two monitors came from two non-government organisations. They were Mr Tai Kie-ying from Christian Action and Ms Nadine de Lamotte from Medecins Sans Frontieres.

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Native-speaking English Teacher Scheme invited participants

Aided secondary schools are invited to participate in the Native-speaking English Teachers (NET) Scheme under which some 100 native English speakers will be employed to teach English in Hong Kong schools in the 1996-97 school year.

A school circular issued by the Education Department today (Wednesday) said each participating school might employ not more than two Native English speakers to fill genuine graduate teaching vacancies.

A Principal Education Officer, Mr C K Tam, said the scheme followed the Government's acceptance of a recommendation in Education Commission Report No 6 that schools should be encouraged to employ on local terms more native English speakers, who were qualified English language teachers, to teach the subject.

"It is intended that the first batch of native-speaking English teachers should be in service in September 1996," Mr Tam said.

He said applications by schools to join the scheme should reach the Education Department not later than Monday, June 3.

NETS may be employed by participating schools directly or through the Education Department. The department's recruitment of NETS will be separately announced later on, in which advertisements and posters will be put up both locally and overseas. Mr Tam said.

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