1032 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 18, 1935.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 801.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 26 of 1913. (EDUCATION).
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Education Ordinance, 1913, the Governor in Council further amends the Education Regulations set forth in Government Notification No. 772 published in the Gazette of the 9th December, 1932, as follows :-
Amendments.
Regulations 1 and 2 are rescinded and the following regulations are substituted therefor :-
1.—(1) In every class room there shall be for each pupil in attendance not less than the quantities of floor space or superficial area and of clear and unobstructed internal air space specified in the following table:-
Description of Class Room.
Floor Space or Superficial Area. Square feet.
Clear and Un- obstructed internal air
space. Cubic feet.
(a) In rural schools:-
(i) Elementary classes (Siu
Hok)
(ii) Secondary classes
(Chung Hok)
9
80
90
3393
(b) In urban schools:-
(i) Elementary classes
(Siu Hok) and English
classes 8 and 7
9
90
(ii) Secondary classes
(Chung Hok) and
English classes 6 and upwards
10
100
(c) In all class rooms, whether
in rural or urban schools, not falling within the above descriptions
12
120
(2) In this regulation-
"Urban school" means a school situated in any part of the Colony wherein the tenements are valued for the purposes of rating.
"Rural school" means a school situated in any part of the Colony wherein the tenements are not valued for the purposes of rating.