2(b)
2(c)
2(a)
CONFIDENTIAL
With the improvement in the midwifery services there has been a steady reduction in the stillbirth rate which has fallen from 13.5 per 1,000 in 1964 to 8.4 per 1,000 in 1973.
From October 1973, the Government has participated directly in the provision of family planning services as an integral part of the Maternal and Child Health programme. This is expected to improve further the quality of the Maternal and Child Health services
An Air Pollution Control Unit was set up in 1969 to administer and enforce the Clean Air Ordinance and Regulations. The effect is reflected in the lower readings now obtained from monitoring stations compared with those a few years ago. Active prevention against industrial noise pollution is under
way,
The prevention, treatment and control of epidemic, endemic, Occupational and other diseases present no difficulties.
A comprehensive, almost free medical service already functions in Hong Kong whereby anyone in need is assured of medical care and attention in the event of sickness.
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ARTICLE 13
The statutory framework and administrative structure within which education in Hong Kong is conducted, and current policy objectives in the field of education, are in no way inconsistent with the principles and aims set out in this article. There is no discrimination on grounds of race, religion or language regarding access to educational facilities.
2(a)
Free primary education was introduced in all Government and aided primary schools (with the exception of the junior English schools and a minority of subsidised schools) in 1971, by which time sufficient places had become available for every child in the primary age-group.
Whilst primary education is not "compulsory" as such, where it appears to the Director of Education that a parent of a child is withholding a child from attending primary school without any reasonable excuse, the Director may serve upon a parent an attendance order requiring him to cause the child to attend regularly as a pupil the primary school named' in the attendance order.
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CONFIDENTIAL
/ 2(b)