CONFIDENTIAL
Provision of Primary School Places (1 August 1982 to 31 October 1982)
Table
FCO Tabular Progress Report
School Years Starting in September
1982/83
1983/84
1984/85
1985/86
1986/87
1. Estimated population in the
6-11 age group (Note 1)
501 100
503 000
504 500
507 600
511 500
2. Total provision of places in operating classrooms only (Note 3)
Notes:
(a) Government
38 970
(b) Aided
544 230
41 165
539 745
41 370
536 620
40 440
534 775
39 420
524 215
Total
583 200
(% of Age Group)
(116%)
580 910 (115%)
577 990 (115%)
575 215
563 635
(113%)
(110%)
(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 (July 1982).
(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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