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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 28, 1940.
The Defence (Ship's Stores) Order, 1910, made by the Officer Administering the Government under regulation 16 of the Defence Regulations, 1939, dated 8th June, 1940.
Order made by the Controller of Trade under the Defence Regulations, 1939, with the consent of the Officer Administering the Government, prohibiting the export, except by licence, of Hides and Skins, Feathers, Cassia and Gallnuts, dated 12th June, 1940.
Amendment made by the Officer Administering the Government under section 1 (2) (d) of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, as applied to this Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, to section 15 (1) () of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, Ordinance No. 10 of 1933, dated 14th June, 1940.
Proclamation No. 4.--War broken out between His Majesty and Italy.
Administration Reports, 1939:-
Part I.--General Administration:-
Report of the Harbour Master and Director of Air Services.
Part II.-Law and Order :-
Report of the Police Magistrates' Courts.
Report on the New Territories, District Office, North. Report on the Now Territories, District Office, South.
Part V.-Defence:-
Report of the Director of Air Raid Precautions.
QUESTIONS.
4. The Hon. Mr. Lo MAN-KAM, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:---
With reference to the Regulations relating to Schools published as Govern-
ment Notification No. 711 in the Gazette of 1st September, 1939,
(1) Will Government state whether all Government Schools,_and particularly Queen's College, Wanchai School and Sai Ying Pun School, conform to the standards and requirements pres- eribed by the said Regulations?
(2) If the answer is in the negative-
(a) Will Government indicate the nature of the defects and/or the deficiencies as judged by the standards and requirements of the said Regulations, and
(b) Will Government state whether it is the intention of Government to enforce the said Regulations against private schools when Government Schools fall short of the standards and requirements prescribed by the said Regulations?
The Colonial Secretary replied as follows:-
(1) The Education Ordinance and the Regulations made under it do not apply to Government schools, and no survey of Government schools has been made for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent they conform to those regulations. It can be said however that the general standard of hygiene and sanitation in Government schools is well up to the regulation requirements. In the three schools particularly mentioned (Queen's College, Wanchai School and Saiyingpua Vernacular School for Boys), there are however a few rooms which do not conform to the regulations.