Colonial Secretariat
file No. 6/2041/48
SAVINGRAM
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Defiuty,
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
Date 24th January, 1949
No. 53
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1.
Your savingram Nɔ. 7 of 6th January, 1949. (22) on '48
Education Subsidy Code.
(22)on'48
Your para 1. In the three vernacular schools covered by the Grant Code the staffing and equipment are comparable to those of English Grant Schools and such schools have some expatriate staff for English instruction. These grant schools will eventually have parallel vernacular and English classes leading to the Local Certificate examination, while the sub- sidized vernacular schools have no parallel classes in English.
Your para 2:-
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3.
(i) Para 3 of the revised Subsidy Code will be amended as
suggested by you.
(ii) Para 12 will be revised by the addition of the words "A
part-time teacher may not in any circumstances draw a salary higher than that to which he or she would be entitled as a full-time teacher", at the end of the paragraph.
(iii)In para 20(a), "approved" will be inserted before "educa-
tional purposes",
(iv)
"Higher standards" refers to classes in the Middle School which are Junior Middle 1,2,3 and Senior Middle 1,2,3 which with Primary 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 form a twelve years course. "Middle" corresponds to "Secondary"
Schools with classes higher than Primary would benefit under the Subsidy Code only in exceptional cases, and even then only if they had also primary classes 1 to 6.