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- 6 AUG 1970
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION
BULLETIN
Wednesday, August 5, 1970
ENORMOUS MAGNITUDE OF NEW EDUCATION POLICY
Mr. Canning Defines The Target For 1976
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The Government's aim progressively to make available with its
assistance by 1976 at least three years of post-primary education to all
children between 12 and 14 seeking it was a task of "enormous magnitude,"
Mr. J. Canning, Director of Education, said today.
He told the Legislative Council the financial implications of
achieving such a target were estimated at $250 million for capital expenditure,
and an increase in recurrent costs of secondary education by $63 million,
so that by 1976 the annual cost of secondary education would be more than
$134 million compared with about $72 million being spent today.
Apart from the very considerable sums of money involved, sites
would have to be found for the new school buildings needed, sponsors also
for the new aided schools, and teachers to staff them.
"I believe it is within the capacity of the community to achieve
these aims, but the task is a formidable one, 11 he said.
On fees in government and aided primary schools that had been
progressively reduced for some time, Mr. Canning said it was possible to
consider their further reduction or elimination now that the post-primary
policy had been settled.
The implications