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Question No 2

Reply by the Hon. R.G.B. Bridge, OBE, JP, Secretary for Education and Manpower to a Question from Dr the Hon Daniel

Ise, OBE. JP in the Legislative Council on 7 January 1987

Question:

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In view of Government's proposal to set up a

pilot scheme to improve the teaching of English

in public sector secondary schools by employing

expatriate teachers, could this Council be

informed whether the Government has any

long-term policy on the improvement of the

the completion of

this scheme be

teaching of English after

this pilot scheme?

continued and enlarged?

Will

Sir,

The scheme to which Dr Tse has referred consists

of two complementary elements. The first will bring some

90 expatriate teachers to Hong Kong to assist in the

teaching of English in public sector secondary schools.

The second will provide overseas training for 100 local

secondary school teachers of English who have successfully

completed the full-time retraining course at the Institute

of Language in Education.