MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1979
PUBLIC VIEWS SOUGHT ON SECONDARY SCHOOL
PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS INVITING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SCHOOLS AND INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF ALLOCATING JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES.
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM, WHICH REPLACED THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IN 1978, IS SCHEDULED TO BE REVIEWED IN 1980.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID A WORKING PARTY WAS BEING FORMED TO REVIEW THIS SYSTEM AND IT WOULD MEET EARLY NEXT YEAR.
+ALL INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS ARE URGED TO SUBMIT THE IR VIEWS OR SUGGESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE WORKING PARTY BEFORE DECEMBER 15, + HE SAID.
SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT BLOCK AA, SECOND FLOOR, VICTORIA BARRACKS, HONG KONG.
UNDER THE SYSTEM SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG ARE DIVIDED INTO 24 +SCHOOL NETS, AND EACH NET HAS ITS OWN DISTRICT COUNCIL COMPOSED OF ELECTED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS.
THESE DISTRICT COUNCILS IN TURN ARE RESPONSIBLE TO A CENTRAL COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF THE CHAIRMEN OF ALL THE DISTRICT COUNCILS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
+THE 24 DISTRICT COUNCILS HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE IR VIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE HAS RECENTLY MET TO DECIDE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR CONSIDERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MONEY AND BANKING STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER
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THE MONEY SUPPLY AND BANKING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR ARE PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY).
THEY SHOW THAT WHILE THE YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH RATE OF THE MONEY SUPPLY CONTINUED TO FALL, THE LONGER-TERM GROWTH RATE OF CREDIT TO THE ECONOMY WAS HIGHER THAN THAT IN AUGUST. THIS MAY REFLECT THE VERY ACTIVE STOCK AND GOLD MARKETS IN THE SECOND HALF OF SEPTEMBER.
/MONEY SUPPLY