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Thursday, December 6, 1973
HIGH DEMAND FOR EDUCATION GREEN PAPER
Deadline For Public Comments Extended To January 31
The government has decided to extend the period for public
comments on the Education "Green Paper" to the end of January 1974, a
government spokesman announced today.
This follows increasing demand for copies of the Board of
Education's Report on the proposed expansion of secondary school education
in Hong Kong over the next decade.
Since the Report became available at the end of October, 2,800
copies in English and 10,300 copies in Chinese have been distributed.
In addition, some 100.000 copies of a Chinese leaflet containing a
summary of the Board's terms of reference and its main recommendations
have also been distributed.
The demand has been ao great that supplies of the English version
were exhausted a fortnight ago and since then many requests have been
received.
Fresh supplies of both the English and Chinese versions of
the "Green Paper" are now available and can be obtained from City District
Offices, Government Information Services and the Education Department.
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