HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 18 January 1989
香港立法局 ————一九八九年一月十八日
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MR. DAVID CHEUNG: Sir, I am pleased to hear from the Secretary that from 1 April 1989 the Housing Department will take over the internal as well as the external maintenance of primary and secondary schools in the estates. Will the Secretary kindly inform this Council what is going to happen to non-estate schools in terms of internal and external maintenance?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, as far as I know, the department does not at this stage have any new proposals in this area.
鄭德健議員問:主席先生,政府計劃實施全日制小學,小學生在學校午膳成為必須解決的問題, 因為目前小學面對缺乏飯堂的設施和人手不足的問題,政府在這一方面會採取何種具體措施, 到全日制的計劃能夠付諸實行?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, I am sure that this is one of the problems that the director has in mind, but I do not at this stage know what his solution is.
MRS. CHOW: Sir, going back to the whole-day school, when is this study expected to be completed; and can the Secretary confirm, or inform us, how many per cent of our primary schools at present are whole-day, and with available figures to date, how long it will take for all primary schools to go whole-day?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, at present only a small proportion of our primary schools are whole-day, I do not have the actual figure available, I can provide that in writing. (Annex V) As I say, we have not yet finalized our proposals, so I think it would be rash of me to say how long it would take. But as I have indicated, even though the figures may not be as large as we had originally feared, they are still very substantial. We are still thinking in terms of possibly 100 schools $1.5 billion so I would expect it would
certainly take a number of years to implement any proposals.
MRS. FAN: Sir, the Secretary indicated that the director is considering what grants under the Codes of Aid could be amalgamated to give more flexibility. Can the Secretary indicate a target date at which the director should have completed his consideration for implementation purposes?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, it is very difficult to give firm figures on this because it is not entirely within the director's control. The director is therefore very reluctant to give a very firm date. He obviously
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