Question
No
and this was felt to be unfair.
Pagelz.
MRS. NG (in Cantonese) :
Sir, at
present
there
are
school
liaison
committees
in
many
districts.
Were
these committees
consulted?
I know that the new scheme
will cause some inconvenience to parents; has the
Government consulted the parents'
association,
that the views of parents can be made known?
SO
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER
far as I know, these bodies were not
consulted
as
local
bodies
would
Sir,
as
normally be consulted about local interests as
opposed to central ones.
The schools' councils
are the bodies normally consulted on these sort
of proposals and we conformed with that normal
practice.
Sir, in the past two
DR. TSE (in Cantonese) :
years the Government has been promoting extra-
and
curricular civic educational activities and a Civic
Education Committee has been set up to encourage
schools and local organisations to organise
activities on Sundays, public holidays, and even
during the summer holidays, So that more students
and citizens will participate in these activities.
On many occasions students will have to take public
transport to join these activities.
Will the