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the completion of a sixth technical institute
at Tuen Mun;
(vii) the capacity of the adult education centres
under the control of the Education Department
to be expanded or contracted in accordance
with demand;
(viii) a centralised system of selection and allocation
for Form/Middle III leavers wishing to continue
their education in public-sector schools or
technical institutes to be introduced in 1981
(replacing the Hong Kong Junior Certificate of
Education proposed in the 1974 White Paner); a
review to be conducted in 1983 to assess the
effectiveness of these arrangements;
(ix)
specific measures to be taken to enable suitable
disabled students to continue their education
beyond Form/Middle III in senior secondary
classes or in technical institutes;
(x)
(xi)
free and compulsory education not to be extended
beyond the junior secondary stage: standard senior
secondary fees to be increased to more realistic
levels (from $400 p.a. in Forms/Middle IV - V to
$600, by stages; from $450 p.a. in Form/Middle VI
to $800 by stages; non-standard fees (mainly in
urban areas) to be brought into line);
subsidised sixth-form places to be made available
for up to one-third of students entering subsidised
Form/Middle IV places two years previously, provided
that the schools considered them to be suitable
academically; It was noted that there had been