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INFO ROUTINE PEKING

YOUR TELNO 817: VISIT BY MR.GOODLAD: 11-13 OCTOBER

EDUCATION.

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BRIEF ON

SEM'S BRIEFING AT 1430 HRS 11 OCTOBER WILL COVER TWO MAJOR

AREAS:

(A)

PROGRESS MADE IN RECENT YEARS ON:

(I) SCHOOLS SECTOR - QUANTITATIVE EXPANSION AND PLANS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN QUALITATIVE IMPROVEMENTS,

(II) TERTIARY SECTOR TERTIARY EXPANSION AND EVOLUTION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION,

(III) TECHNICAL TRAINING TRAINING AND RETRAINING TO COPE WITH ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING; AND

(B)

(I)

CURRENT ISSUES OF INTEREST;

Today

LANGUAGE HOW HONG KONG IS IMPROVING PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ITS POSITION AS AN

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, AND

(II) INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS - HOW HONG KONG MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE EXPATRIATE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

BACKGROUND BRIEF ON EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

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EDUCATION IS VALUED AS THE KEY TO PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1.2 MILLION, ONE FIFTH OF THE POPULATION, ARE IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION. 21 BILLION HONG KONG DOLLARS A YEAR IS SPENT ON EDUCATION, THE LARGEST SINGLE ITEM OF RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, ACCOUNTING FOR 17.2 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET.

PRE-SCHOOL.

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