WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1977
MORE PERMANENT STUDY ROOMS FOR STUDENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL TRY TO MAKE AVAILABLE MORE PERMANENT STUDY ROOM PLACES FOR STUDENTS IF SUCH A NEED IS ESTABLISHED,
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 12,000 PERMANENT STUDY ROOM PLACES AVAILABLE IN THE URBAN AREAS.
+AS AN EXPERIMENT, A FURTHER 2,600 PLACES WERE PROVIDED IN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS FROM MARCH TO JULY, HE SAID.
THE EXPERIMENT, SIR DENYS ADDED, WOULD BE EVALUATED NEXT MONTH, IN AN EFFORT TO ASSESS THE DEMAND FOR PERMANENT PLACES.
+ IF A NEED FOR MORE PERMANENT PLACES IS ESTABLISHED, THE GOVERNMENT WILL TRY TO MEET IT,+ HE SAID.
SIR DENYS ALSO NOTED THAT SINCE THESE ROOMS CATER FOR A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS, OF VARYING STANDARDS AND AGES AND FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, A TUTORIAL SERVICE FOR THEM WOULD BE IMPRACTICABLE.
WHITE PAPER ON REHABILITATION SERVICES
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THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON. ERIC HO, ASSURED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT THE POLICY STATEMENT ON REHABILITATION SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DEBATE EARLY IN THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
MR. HO, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG REGARDING THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICES IN HONG KONG, EXPRESSED REGRET THAT IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PUBLISH THE WHITE PAPER DURING THE CURRENT SESSION.