CONFIDENTIAL
ANNEX A to BRIEF No 15
PRIMARY EDUCATION
1. Free primary education in Government and Government-aided
schools (except English language schools) was introduced on
1 September 1971. A compulsory school attendance scheme has
also been introduced. Under this the Director of Education
is empowered to send a child to a primary school if there are
reasons to believe that the parents have unnecessarily withheld
his attendance.
Hong Kong Department
31 January 1972
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