District
Table 1: Demand and Supply of Primary School Places (September, 1985)
Demand
(Population aged 6-11 plus 3% repeaters)
Supply
(No. of places in both operating and vacant classrooms at 80
places per classroom)
Surplus (+)/Shortfall(-)
(No. of places)
Central & Western
22934
24640
Wan Chai
15453
26080
+1706
+10627
Eastern
40785
41760
+975
Southern
21546
29280
+7734
Yau Ma Tei
10407
18480
+8073
Mong Kok
15452
21920
+6468
Sham Shui Po
31333
41520
+10187
Kowloon City
35168
40800
+5632
Wong Tai Sin
31834
58400
+26566
Kwun Tong
58452
92240
+33788
Tsuen Wan
22464
33360
+10896
Kwai Chung & Tsing Yi
41876
73760
+31884
Tuen Mun
44354
60080
+15726
Sha Tin
47011
50560
+3549
Tai Po
15849
25600
+9751
North
17667
30080
+12413
Yuen Long
26157
38320
+12163
Sai Kung (Junk Bay)
4067
8240
+4173
Islands
4672
10480
+5808
Total
Note:
507481
725600
+218119
(or 2726 classroom-
equivalents)
If in calculating supply, only the places in operating classrooms are taken into account (i.e. excluding vacant classrooms), the number of surplus places is only 43170 or 540 classroom-equivalents).