WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1978
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COLLECTION OF STUDENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS
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PRECISE PROPOSALS ON STUDENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS OR TONG FAI - WERE STILL BEING FORMULATED FOR SUBMISSION TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE SAID THESE PROPOSALS WOULD REFLECT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION, WHICH HE DESCRIBED IN THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 9, LAST YEAR, TO MEET IN THE JUNIOR SECONDARY SECTOR THE COST OF PROVIDING A REASONABLE LEVEL OF EDUCATION AT PRESENT BEING PAID FOR OUT OF SUBSCRIPTION OR TONG FAI ACCOUNT.
MR. TOPLEY WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE REV. THE HON. JOYCE M. BENNETT WHO ASKED WHETHER VOLUNTARY AGENCIES RUNNING AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE ALLOWED THIS SEPTEMBER TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM THEIR STUDENTS.
WATER SUPPLY TO YUEN LING VILLAGE ******
MOST OF THE WATER METERED CONNECTIONS IN YUEN LING VILLAGE, DIAMOND HILL, ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID BETWEEN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND JANUARY 31 THIS YEAR 4,234 APPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL METERED SUPPLY TO THIS VILLAGE HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
MORE THAN HALF OF THESE APPLICATIONS, HE ADDED, HAD BEEN PROCESSED AND TO DATE 385 METERS HAD BEEN INSTALLED.
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE TERRAIN AND THE HAPHAZARD LAYOUT OF BUILDINGS IN THE VILLAGE, MAIN LAYING AND METER INSTALLATION WAS DIFFICULT AND PROGRESS HAD BEEN SLOW.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, ACTION WAS NOW IN HAND TO IMPROVE THE RATE OF INSTALLATION WORKS BY MAKING GREATER USE OF CONTRACT LABOUR.
+ IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE METERED CONNECTIONS WILL BE COMPLETED, HE ADDED.
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