Bulletin Vol. 6 No. 7 Jul–Aug 1970

Organizers and Advisers Organizing Committee: Chairman: M r. H . T. Wu Members: Prof. Chou Fa-Kao Mr. Chow Kung Leung (Pui Ching Middle School) Prof. C.T. Hu Prof. Ma Meng (University of Hong Kong) Mr. Stephen C. Soong Dr. Su Chung Jen (Education Department) Mr. Alex Sun (Chinese Language Press Institute) Secretary: Mr. Chan Kai-Sun Advisers: Prof. Chou Fa-Kao Mr. L.Z. Yuan (Representative, The Asia Foundation) The Programme Five renowned scholars and experts in the use and the teaching of Chinese language were invited to deliver six papers. The Symposium also included three seminar groups on the objectives of teaching Chinese, teaching materials and teaching methods. Lectures 6th July 1) "The promotion of the teaching of Chinese and the importance of a contrastive study of Mandarin and Cantonese" Prof. Chou Fa-Kao, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2) "The background and the prospect of the teaching of Chinese in Hong Kong" Prof. Ma Meng, Professor of Chinese, University of Hong Kong. 7th July 1) "Standard of Chinese in secondary schools" Mr. Frederick Tsai, Assistant Editor, Reader's Digest Chinese Edition. 2) "Curricula and teaching materials for an industrial community" Prof. Liu Ts'un-Yan, Professor of Chinese, Australian National University, Canberra. 8th July 1) "Mandarin or Cantonese?" Prof. Liu Ts'un-Yan 2) "A survey of teaching methods" Dr. Ho Chung-chung Principal, True Light Middle School of Hong Kong. Seminars The three seminar groups on the objectives of teaching, teaching materials and teaching methods, assembled every afternoon from 6th to 8th July. These groups were respectively led by Mr. Wong Kwok Fong, Principal of Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies; Mr. Chan Kai-Sun, Lecturer of the School of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Mr. H.L. Lo, Lecturer in Chinese, University of Hong Kong. Conclusion The Symposium concluded on 9th July with the reports of the seminar leaders, the summing up by Prof. C.T. Hu, Visiting Professor of Education of the University and Chairman of the Working Committee of the Symposium, and Mr. H.T. Wu's closing statement. Prof. C.T. Hu reviewed and summed up the whole Symposium with emphasis on the following five main points: — 3 —