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Table A
Provision of Primary School Places
(1 November 1981 to 31 January 1982)
FCO Tabular Progress Report
1981/82
1982/83
1983/84
1984/85
1985/86
1986/87
1.
#
Estimated population in the 6-11 age group (Note 1)
509000
508100
506700
507400
508400
511600
3. Total provision of places in operating classrooms
only (Note 3)
(a) Government
(b)
Aided
36630
39555
41670
42885
42840
42840
541935
543825
547470
554175
565065
576090
Total
578565
583380
589140
597060
607925
618930
(% of age group)
(114%)
(115%)
(116%)
(118%)
(120%)
(121%)
Notes :
(1)
Based on the 1979 population projection which assumes that the level of legal and illegal immigrants from China will taper off in 1981.
(2) Provision is based on the Primary School Building Programme (January 1982).
7.
(3)
The policy is to provide primary education for every child in the primary school age group (source: 1965 White Paper on Education Policy) and that no child needs to travel more than 0.4 km to school (reference: Hong Kong Outline Plan, Chapter 3). The provision of primary school places on a local-need basis therefore gives rise to a territory-wide overprovision. Nevertheless, at district level, there can be insufficient places e.g. Tuen Mun, and action is in hand to provide additional places to fulfil the policy objective.
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