WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1984
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THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM, A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL COULD ACCEPT CHILDREN TO FILL UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 65 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL PRIMARY ONE PLACES AS DISCRETIONARY PLACES. THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES WOULD BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE.
AS DISCRETIONARY PLACES IN SOME SCHOOLS WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED SOME CHILDREN HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE IR APPLICATION, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD BE CONTACTING THEM IN MARCH ABOUT ALLOCATION OF A PRIMARY ONE PLACES TO THE IR CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS, ACCORDING TO THEIR CHOICE.
DETAILS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER, HE SAID.
VALUE OF FAMILY PLANNING STRESSED
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FAMILY PLANNING WAS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF PLANS FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+KNOWLEDGE OF OUR POPULATION GROWTH AND ACCURATE FORECASTING NOT ONLY ENABLES US TO PLAN AND PROVIDE SENSIBLY FOR HONG KONG'S NEEDS, A DECLINE IN THE RATE OF INCREASE IN OVERALL POPULATION HAS HAD AND WILL HAVE A MARKED EFFECT ON THE QUANTUM OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES,+ HE SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION AT THE LADY TRENCH AUDITORIUM IN THE DUKE OF WINDSOR SOCIAL SERVICE BUILDING,
+WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE AND ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIKELY NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EACH AGE GROUP, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SYSTEMATIC PROVISION OF SERVICES SUCH AS NURSERIES, KINDERGARTENS SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS AND HOMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND ELDERLY.
+WIHTOUT CONTROLLED POPULATION GROWTH, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE SCOURGE OF SQUATTERS FROM OUR HILLSIDES AND ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING A SELF-CONTAINED HOME FOR EVERY FAMILY IN HONG KONG.+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
/+FAMILY PLANNING