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Question No
Reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower to a question by the Hon Mrs Rosanna Tami in the Legislative Council on 1 June 1988
Question
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7. MRS. TAM asked (in Cantonese):
Will
Government inform this Council of the nature and extent of the consultation made in revising the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme? In particular, were
the departments responsible for culture, recreation, civic education,
and youth activities consulted before deciding on the revision? If not, why
not?
Answer
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER :
Sir,
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The student travel subsidy scheme has been revised
several times. A major review was conducted in 1985 and 86,
following criticisms of the scheme by the Finance Committee,
the Public Accounts Committee and the Director of Audit, and
the question of whether the scheme should include
recreational trips was fully considered in that review. The
Municipal Services Branch and the City and New Territories
Administration were consulted.
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Following this consultation, the OMELCO Education
Panel considered the issue on 20 December 1985. The Panel
agreed that consideration should be given to excluding
recreational trips from the subsidy. At this meeting
apparently Mrs. Tam was of the view that a a transport subsidy
was not an effective means of promoting recreational
activities
among
students.
She
felt
that
their
participation depended more on the nature of the programme
than the cost of transport.