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CONFIDENTIAL
ANNEX A to BRIEF No.
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
January 1972
CONFIDENTIAL