Deska,
etc.
(b) an area of not less than ten square feet for each pupil, calculated after the area required, by paragraph (a), to be provided has been deducted.
(a) In every classroom of a school which is operated in premises which are, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works or of any public officer authorized by him in writing for the purposes of this regulation, unsuitable by reason of the loading for which the premises were designed and constructed, for the purposes of a school, there shall be provided-
(0) a floor space, at least five feet in width, extending along the whole length of the wall in front of the pupils, for the use of the teacher; and
(b) if the classroom is to be used for pupils
undergoing kindergarten or primary educa tion, an area of not less than ten square feet for each pupil, calculated after the area required, by paragraph (a), to be provided has been deducted; or
(c) if the classroom is to be used for pupils undergoing secondary, post secondary, further education or any other educational course, an area of not less than twelve square feet for each pupil, calculated after the area required, by paragraph (a), to be provided has been deducted.
(3) In calculating the number of pupils permitted by this regulation to be in any classroom, any area or areas which for any reason appear to the Director to be unsuitable shall be omitted in calculating the area of the floor of the classroom.
414. In every classroom-
(a) pupils' desks and seats shall be so distributed as to permit each pupil to be seated as far from his neighbour as possible;
(b) provided that such arrangement is not other- wise detrimental to the children's eyesight, the pupils' desks shall be arranged so that the
main source of light falls upon the left of the pupils and so that they are able to read what is written on the blackboard:
(c) blackboards shall be adequately illuminated, shall be so placed as to cause least eyestrain to the pupils, and shall not have a surface which reflects light,”.
8. Paragraph (3) of regulation 33 of the principal regula- Rescission tions is rescinded.
9. Paragraph (1) of regulation 56 of the principal regula- tions is amended by the deletion of the word "board" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"boarding".
10. Paragraph (2) of regulation 57 of the principal regula. tions is amended by the deletion of the words "by a government medical officer or".
by
of para- graph (8) of regula. Lion 53. Amendment of regula- tion 56.
Amendment of regula- tion 67.
11. Regulation 66 of the principal regulations is amended Amendment
of regula- tion 66.
(a) the deletion of the word "classroom" and the substitution
therefor of the following→→
"school"';
(b) the deletion of the words "that class" and the substitution
therefor of the following-
"every class in the school",
12. Parts IX and X of the principal regulations are rescinded Rescission and replaced by the following-
Educational require
"PART IX.
Educational Requirements for Registered and Permitted Teachers, Principals
and Teachers of English.
67, (1) Only persons possessing one of the follow-
ments for ing qualifications will be eligible to have their names
entered in the register of teachers-
entry in the reglater of teachers.
(a) an approved degree of the University of Hong Kong together with an approved teacher's diploma;
and replace ment of Parts IX and X.