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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
Total $
Recurrent Expenditure:
Personal emoluments
$13,199,995
Other Charges
2,646,549
Maintenance & repairs of school
buildings (Public Works Depart-
ment)
334,103
16,180,647
Grants and Subsidies:
28,458,889
Capital Expenditure:
Furniture & equipment for new
government schools
360,418
New school buildings (Public Works
Department)
1,674,471
2,034,889
46,674,425
Expenditure by other Departments:
Department of Medical and Health Services
360,207
Kowloon-Canton Railway
76,079
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
92,633
528,919
Legislation. All colleges, schools and other institutions of learning, with the exception of a small number of schools for the children of members of Her Majesty's Forces, are subject to the provisions of the Education Ordinance, 1952. The Director of Education, who, under the Ordinance, has general control over education in the Colony, is chairman of the Board of Education, which has advisory functions, its members being appointed by the Governor. The Director is required to keep a register of schools, teachers, and managers of schools, and to ensure that satisfactory standards are main- tained in respect of school buildings, methods of enforcing discipline, the keeping of registers and accounts, the payment of fees, and the proper conduct and efficiency of schools and teachers. The University of Hong Kong, which is an independent body, is exempt from the provisions of the Education Ordinance.