SATURDAY, AUGUST
A FULL GRANT WOULD BE $190 PER PUPIL PER ANNUM FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND $350 PER PUPIL FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ELIGIBILITY FOR A FULL OR HALF GRANT WOULD BE ASSESSED ON A POINT SYSTEM GIVEN IN A TEXTBOOKS ASSISTANCE RECKONER.
PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WILL NOT BE AWARDED ANY GRANT UNDER THE SCHEME. OLD AGE ALLOWANCE AND DISABILITY ALLOWANCE ARE NOT REGARDED AS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SCHOOLS MIGHT AWARD GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PUPILS UP TO 25 PER CENT OF THE IR ACTUAL TOTAL ENROLMENT.
SCHOOL HEADS ARE ADVISED THAT THEY MIGHT AT THEIR DISCRETION AWARD FULL GRANTS OR HALF GRANTS FOR CASES OF EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING HARDSHIP NOT COVERED BY THE RECKONER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THESE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, HOWEVER, MUST BE WITH THE OVERALL 25 PER CENT ENTITLEMENT AND ARE SUBJECT TO AN OVERALL MAXIMUM NUMBER CALCULATED AT THE RATE OF THREE FULL GRANTS PER CLASS, HE SAID.
+ INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS MAY, IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES, SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO AWARD AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF GRANTS OVER AND ABOVE THE 25 PER CENT CEILING, HE ADDED.
PLB RESTRICTIONS TO BE RELAXED
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RESTRICTIONS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AT 17 AREAS IN WONG TAI SIN, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO AND YAU MA TEI WILL BE RELAXED AS FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 3), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE RELAXATION OF RESTRICTIONS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WOULD BENEFIT THE PLB TRADE IN KOWLOON.
THE RELAXATION PROPOSALS WERE ENDORSED BY VARIOUS DISTRICT BOARDS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
+AT PRESENT, THE KERB-SIDE ACTIVITIES OF PLB'S IN THE SIDE STREETS OF TEN RESULT IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ROAD-CROSSING PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN BUSY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
+THUS, RELAXATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON SECONDARY ROADS WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE OPERATIONS OF PLB'S, BUT ALSO EASE CONGESTION IN THE SIDE STREETS AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
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