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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1988
OUTSIDE EDUCATION FOR CLOSED CENTRE VR CHILDREN
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THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY) AGREED IN PRINCIPLE ALLOW SCHOOL-AGE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN AT THE SHAM SHUI PO AND SAN YICK CLOSED CENTRES TO RECEIVE EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE CLOSED CENTRES.
CENTRE.
IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THIS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE KAI TAK OPEN
"UNDER THE SCHEME, THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES WILL SET UP A BUS SERVICE BETWEEN THE CLOSED CENTRES AND THE
! NEW HORIZON SCHOOL AT THE KAI TAK OPEN CENTRE, A GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"THE NEW HORIZON
SCHOOL IS RUN UNDER UNHCR SPECIFICALLY FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN.
AUSPICES
"THE UNHCR WILL ALSO BEAR ALL COSTS, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL AND THE PROVISION OF AND SECURITY ON THX BUS SERVICES BETWEEN THE CENTRES. THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT ABUSED.
"IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADULT FROM SHAM SHUI PO AND SAN YICK SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TRACH AT HORIZON SCHOOL IN THE KAI TAK OPEN Centre."
REFUGEES THE NEW
THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT THERE HAD BREN NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IN POLICY REGARDING EDUCATION FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN IN OPEN AND CLOSED CENTRES.
"SINCE 1979, EDUCATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR VIETNAMESE CHILDREN IN BOTH OPEN AND CLOSED CENTRES, HE SAID.
"THE PROPOSED SCHEME IS NECESSARY BECAUSE IT 13 NOT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THESE CHILDREN IN THE AND SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CENTRES.
"ALL THE CHILDREN INVOLVED ARE CLASSIFIED AS GENUINE BECAUSE THEY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION SCREENING POLICY."
POSSIBLE SAN YICK
REFUGEES OF THE
AT PRESENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THERE ARE ABOUT 860 CHILDREN AT THE CLOSED CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI PO AND ABOUT 820 AT SAN YICK WHO ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND 15 AND WHO SHOULD HAVE ACCESS UNDER THE EXISTING POLICY TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND UNHCR.
UNDER THE PROPOSED SCHEME, THE SCHOOL CAN ACCOMMODATE A MAXIMUM OF 1,600 CHILDREN IN MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS AS AT OTHER PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG, BUT OTHER FACILITIES WILL HAVE BE IDENTIFIED FOR THE REMAINING SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE UNHCR, WITH GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL SITE NEARER TO SAN VICK.
TO
ASSISTANCE,
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