WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981
STORAGE
SUPPLY IN YEAR SQ.M.
235 100
43 000
140 900
143 400
TOTAL AMOUNT
VACANT AT
DECEMBER OF
YEAR
SQ.M.
76 100
24 800
* BASED ON SAMPLE SURVEY
PUBLIC COMMENTS INVITED ON SSPA WORKING PARTY RECOMMENDATIONS ******
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE INVITED ON THE REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY SET UP TO REVIEW THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COPIES OF THE REPORT TOGETHER WITH A LEAFLET ON THE SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
INTERESTED GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY JULY 31.
+AS THERE IS WIDE INTERESTS IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM, I FEEL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO AIR THEIR VIEWS ON THE REPORT, MR C.H. HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, SAID.
HE ADDED THAT ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SYSTEM WOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN 1978 TO REPLACE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION WITH THE AIM OF ABOLISHING UNDUE PRESSURE ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND VARIOUS ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS WHICH WERE CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY AND WERE DISTORTING THE OBJECTS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATED POLICY THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD BE REVIEWED IN 1980, A WORKING PARTY WAS SET UP BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN JANUARY LAST YEAR WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF REFERENCE :
* IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE GAINED TO DATE, AND TAKING
ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN OPERATING THE SYSTEM AND PUBLIC OPINION GENERALLY, TO REVIEW THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES, AND HAVING REGARD TO THE NEEDS AND LEGITIMATE INTEREST OF PUPILS, SCHOOLS AND OPERATING BODIES, TO RECOMMEND TO THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ANY IMPROVEMENTS OR REFINEMENTS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM AS THE WORKING PARTY DEEMS APPROPRIATE- AND
TO MAKE