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VEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1974.
CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION
NEW FEES FOR 1975
NEW FEES WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR CANDIDATES WHO WILL SIT FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN 1975.
THE INCREASED FEES WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT FEES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN FORCE SINCE 1969.
THE NEW FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS (THE FIGURES IN BRACKETS ARE EXISTING FEES):
INITIAL ENTRY FEE CALL CANDIDATES)
$20 ($15)
PER SUBJECT FEE (SCHOOL CANDIDATES, ALL SUBJECTS EXCEPT SPECIFIED LANGUAGES)
$ 3 ($2)
$ 5 ($ 2)
PER SUBJECT FEE (PRIVATE CANDIDATES, ALL SUBJECTS EXCEPT SPECIFIED LANGUAGES)
SPECIFIED LANGUAGE FEE CALL CANDIDATES, LANGUAGES OTHER THAN CHINESE, ENGLISH-AND FRENCH)
$50 ($25)
+THE GOVERNMENT POLICY ON THE FINANCING OF THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS, LAID DOWN IN THE 1965 EDUCATION POLICY STATEMENT, IS TO COVER DIRECT RECURRENT COSTS BUT NOT CAPITAL OR PERMANENT STAFF COSTS,+ A SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
THE REVISED FEES THEREFORE INCLUDE THE COST OF COMPUTER TIME, PRINTING, DUPLICATING, STATIONERY AND SUNDRY EXPENSES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF RISING COSTS, THE FEES CHARGED FOR THE 1974 EXAMINATION PRODUCED SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HALF THE REVENUE APPROPRIATE TO THE APPROVED POLICY. THE PRESENT UPWARD REVISION WILL GO SOME WAY TOWARDS MEETING THE SHORTFALL, AND IT IS LIKELY THAT FURTHER INCREASES WILL BE REQUIRED IN LATER YEARS.
THE NEW FEES WERE DECIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AFTER CONSULTING THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD.
THE COST TO PUBLIC FUNDS OF THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE NEW FEES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +REMISSION IS PERMITTED UP TO A MAX I MUM OF TEN PERCENT WITHIN EACH SCHOOL. THERE IS NO REMISSION OF PRIVATE CANDIDATES' FEES.+
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