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interest to the general public and to persons or groups with particular
interests in education in Hong Kong. The report will be published in
both Chinese and English versions, together with the Panel's own report
and account of the final review meeting to be held in April 1982.
4.
In its present form the background report is divided into
two parts. The first part covers five main areas: (i) brief introductory
comments on the Hong Kong social, cultural and economic background,
together with an account of the main characteristics of the education
system (chapters 1 and 2); (ii) the administration, policy planning and
financing of education (chapters 3, 4 and 5); (iii) tertiary education
and teacher education (chapter 6); (iv) the establishment and maintenance
of standards in the school system (chapter 7); and (v) prospects for the
future development of education (chapter 8). The second part consists
of appendices to the main report: these include an account of the
development of education policy from 1963 to 1980 and a description of
the various selection and allocation procedures of the school system.
Copies of all major policy documents concerning education which have
been issued since 1963 have been made available to the Panel of Visitors,
and these will be supplemented by the forthcoming White Paper on Primary
Education and Pre-primary Services, and by the report of the Committee to
Review Post-Secondary and Technical Education, as soon as they become
available.
Government Secretariat June, 1981
K.W.J. TOPLEY
Secretary for Education (designate)