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Representatives from the Labour Department and the Employees Retraining Board briefed the new arrivals on the local job market, assistance offered by the Government for job hunters, and retraining of employees.

A representative of the Independent Commission Against Corruption gave a talk on the importance of fighting corruption.

"The Government is committed to assisting new arrivals from the mainland to integrate into the community as quickly as possible.

"As a sizeable number of them have settled in the Eastern District, we will continue to identify their needs and make every effort to organise programmes specially designed for their needs," the spokesman said.

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Teachers invited to design curriculum projects

Teachers and heads of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools interested in the School-based Curriculum Project Scheme are reminded to submit their applications on or before March 15 (Saturday).

The objective of the scheme is to encourage teachers' participation in curriculum development work.

Under the scheme, a curriculum project grant ranging from $9,800 to $42,550 will be provided to each project complementing the curriculum set out in the syllabuses or curriculum guidelines prepared by the Curriculum Development Council.

Projects should be specifically designed to cater for the varied needs, abilities and interests of pupils of individual schools.

Meanwhile, projects may include the design of new teaching approaches to specific topics in the curriculum; new topics or areas of studies as alternatives to certain aspects of the curriculum; and teaching/resource materials.

Monitoring panels will assess applications on whether they can meet the needs, abilities and interest of pupils of the try-out schools; and the aims of corresponding syllabuses or curriculum guidelines; whether they are practicable and creative.