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on the.
general fee remission scheme and local education
a. bwances were considered by the Executive
Council and Finance Committee.
The outcome of
the discussions was to defer the proposals so that
further details of the costs of operating the
English-speaking schools could be made to Council
members. With this in mind, a Select Committee has
been appointed to enquire into the costs of operating
the English-speaking schools.
THE PRESENT POSITION
8.
The present position, therefore, is that
the Government is awaiting the Report of the
Select Committee who have been asked to complete
their enquiry by 31 March 1972. As Finance
Committee had approved the payment of a subsidy
to the English Schools Foundation sufficient to
meet recurrent expenses up to 31 August 1972, a
public announcement was made on 25 November to the
effect that higher fees would not be introduced
until 1 September 1972. These decisions have
gone far to soothe expatriate discontent, but the
latest view of the Governor is that officials in Hong
Kong do not believe the costs of English-speaking schools can be reduced either quickly enough or
sufficiently to solve the problem and that other
measures may still be required.
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