WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985
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MANY TUTORIAL CLASSES OUTSIDE ORDINANCE
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COMPLAINTS INVOLVING PRIVATE TUTORIAL CLASSES HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM TIME TO TIME BUT MOST OF THEM FELL OUTSIDE THE AMBIT OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE EXPLAINED THAT ALL REGISTERED SCHOOLS WERE SUPERVISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THROUGH REGULAR INSPECTIONS, AND ANY COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THESE SCHOOLS WERE INVESTIGATED AND REMEDIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
+PRIVATE TUTORIAL CLASSES ARE INCLUDED IF THEY FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS AN INSTITUTION, ORGANISATION OR ESTABLISHMENT WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR 20 OR MORE PERSONS DURING ANY ONE DAY, WHETHER OR NOT AT THE SAME TIME,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUERY FROM THE HON CHAN YING-LUN WHETHER ACTION WAS BEING TAKEN TO MONITOR PRIVATE TUTORIAL SCHOOLS AND WHETHER COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC ON MALPRACTICES
INVOLVING THESE INSTITUTIONS.
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