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w i t h th e professiona l bodie s concerned . Beyond conventiona l classroo m teachin g E M S D ha s bee n searching fo r ne w an d mor e effectiv e way s o f reachin g a wi de r audience. I t ha s produce d si x differen t cassette s an d on e recor d i n English, tw o i n Ku o - y u an d thre e i n Cantonese , al l o f wh i c h hav e proved t o b e popula r an d comman d a regula r sale . I n collaboratio n w i t h Comme r c i a l Rad i o o f Ho n g K o n g E M SD offere d fo r th e firs t tim e a certificate cours e i n Basi c Busines s Admi n i s t r a t i on t h r oug h th e med i u m o f radio . W i t h thre e lecture s a wee k an d a n enrolmen t o f 1,13 9 student s ou t o f app r ox ima t e l y 1,700 applicant s th e cours e bega n i n Ju l y 197 3 an d i s expecte d to continu e ove r a perio d o f tw o years . Th e cours e i s bein g supported by th e Department s o f Busines s Admi n i s t r a t i o n o f th e thre e Founda t i on College s a s wel l a s th e L i ngna n Institut e o f Busines s Admi n i s t r a t i on. A Founda t i o n Cours e i n Ma t hema t i c s o f the Ope n Un i ve r s i t y in Eng l an d ha s bee n adopte d fo r us e a s a n ex t r amu r a l cours e leading t o th e issu e o f a certificate . I f th e cours e prove s t o b e a success, th e Depa r tmen t intend s t o impo r t a numbe r o f Ope n University courses . Th e Ma t hema t i c s cours e ha s severa l components, i nc l ud i ng books , correspondence material , audi o tape s an d film, som e o f wh i c h ar e suitabl e fo r us e a s TV programmes . Thu s the proces s o f i nnova t i o n an d experimentatio n goe s han d i n han d w i t h th e expansio n o f E M SD itself . The certificat e cours e i n Med i ca l Labo r a t o r y Scienc e i s bu t a bridge-head. Onc e i t i s established , a grou p o f course s o n Med i ca l Technology w i l l b e organize d an d offere d i n orde r t o answe r th e urgent nee d o f th e commun i t y . The concep t o f adul t educatio n i s i n itsel f no t h i n g ne w t o th e Chinese people . Th e disciple s o f th e earl y Chines e sage s wer e al l ma t ure men . Bu t th e gu i d i ng philosoph y behin d E M SD i s that f r o m now o n con t i nu i n g educatio n w i l l b e a par t o f th e ne w wa y o f lif e i n thi s ag e o f r ap i d technologica l change . Ne w method s o f wo r k , even ne w vocations , mus t b e learne d b y som e o f th e peopl e som e of th e time . Wh a t i s more , adult s mus t understan d th e societ y i n wh i ch the y liv e an d b e traine d fo r highe r competenc e t o adap t themselves an d t o effec t beneficen t change s i n attitude , outloo k an d behaviour. O l d Chines e saying s an d catch-phrase s ar e no w bein g revived t o strike a responsive chor d i n the ma n i n the street : ''Learning knows n o l i m i t " ； “ Educa t e you r son s an d grandsons——bu t firs t educate you r se l f " . E M SD i s th e mos t direc t f o r m o f commun i t y service , a vehicle fo r transferrin g th e expertis e collecte d an d store d i n th e Un i ver s i ty t o th e populac e a t large . I t benefit s th e i nd i v i dua l an d t h r ough th e i nd i v i dua l th e commun i t y a s a whole . 6 0