SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1988
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FEE REMISSION FOR SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
SECONDARY 4 TO 7 STUDENTS WHO ARE IN GENUINE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE SCHEME IS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITH ASSISTED PLACES.
FULL GRANT, THREE-QUARTER FREE OR A HALF-FREE PLACE WILL BE AWARDED TO AN APPLICANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECKONER SYSTEM то ASSESS THE FAMILY'S INCOME.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR FEE REMISSION ARE AVAILABLE AT SCHOOLS AND COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETU”NUD TO THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
FEE REMISSION IS AWARDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. RECIPIENTS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE SCHEME IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY AGAIN.
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1988-89, THE SCHOOL FEE CHARGEABLE AT SECONDARY 4 TO 5 IN GRAMMAR, TECHNICAL, PREVOCATIONAL AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS IS $1,050 PER ANNUM. THAT FOR SECONDARY 6 TO 7 IS 81,400.
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MAC'S GROWING FAST IN SHA TIN
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THE NUMBER OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC'S) MARCH THIS YEAR WAS 245, ALMOST DOUBLING THE 129 TO SENIOR LIAISON OFFICER IN THE SHA ΤΙΝ DISTRICT KWING-WING.
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1984, ACCORDING OFFICE, MR LEE
MR LEE SAID IN 1975, WHEN MAC'S WERE FIRST FORMED IN THE DISTRICT, ONLY TWO WERE SET UP.
CONCERN OVER
THE RAPID GROWTH IS CERTAINLY DUE TO RESIDENTS' THE WELFARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THEIR AREA, AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
"ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR IS, OF COURSE, THE INCREASE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN SHA TIN, WHICH NOW ACCOMMODATE 160,000 PEOPLE, COMPARED WITH ONLY ABOUT 25,000 IN 1975."
/MR LEE