Question No. 5
Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, JP, Director of Education, to a Legislative Council Question by the Hon. YEUNG Po-kwan, CPM,
on 12 June 1985
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Question :
Will Government make a statement on how and when the proposed centralised primary school is to be established in North District?
sir,
As part of its policy to improve the quality of
education in the rural areas, the Government intends to introduce
central primary schools by combining a number of small rural
schools in the neighbouring areas, subject to the acceptance of
such a scheme by the school authorities concerned. One such
school was successfully established at Ho Chung in Sai Kung in
1984. The one proposed for North District is another one in the
series.
In the case of North District, the Government proposes
to combine five small rural schools in the neighbouring area
into one, using the existing premises of one of these schools
which is centrally located and can be suitably renovated for
this purpose.
Because of the very small size of the total
enrolment in these five schools, a new school project is not
considered justified.
In line with previous practice, the full consent and
acceptance of the scheme by the school managers is to be obtained
before the scheme can be implemented.
Consultation with them
began in February this year. Because of the unfavourable reaction
from the school managers to being reconstituted into a new
/management