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the Forms I - III age-group.
By 1972, with universal
primary education a reality, the Government concluded the
time had come for a full study of the future development
of secondary education to be undertaken.
1.4
On 26th January 1973, the Governor appointed a
new Board of Education and asked it to submit a practical
policy for the expansion of secondary education. The
Board, under the chairmanship of the Honourable P.C. Woo,
C.B.E., J.P., included members of the Legislative Council,
representatives of a number of religious bodies which
manage secondary schools, the Vice-Chancellors of the two
Universities, the Director of the Polytechnic, an industrialist,
and an educationalist from the New Territories. The Board's
report was forwarded to the Governor on 11th October 1973
and tabled as a Green Paper in the Legislative Council on
31st October. In the foreword to the Green Paper it was
pointed out that, although the Government was aware of the
need for a substantial expansion of secondary education,
final conclusions upon the Board's recommendations would
not be reached until public reaction had been assessed.
Accordingly, members of the public were invited to comment
on the Green Paper before the end of January 1974.
1.5
During the next few months, a substantial number
of comments was received from official bodies, educational
organisations, and members of the public. As a result
of these representations, the Board reconsidered its earlier
recommendations, and put forward modified proposals, the
bulk of which have been incorporated in this Paper.
1.6
Hong Kong has no reason to be ashamed of its
progress in the provision of educational facilities
/since