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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990
4,735 APPLY FOR KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION
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NEARLY 5,000 PARENTS OF CHILDREN STUDYING IN KINDERGARTENS HAVE APPLIED FOR FEE REMISSION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
APPLICATIONS TO DATE TOTALLED 4,735, COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF
4,400 LAST YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT PAYMENT, THROUGH THE KINDERGARTENS, WILL BE MADE то THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL 1,000 APPLICANTS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
"UNDER THE NEW MEANS-TESTED SCHEME, ELIGIBLE PARENTS MAY RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AT RATES OF 25, 50, 75 AND 100 PER CENT OF THE ACTUAL FEE CHARGED OR THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FEE OF NON-PROFIT-MAKING KINDERGARTENS, WHICHEVER IS THE SMALLER," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FEE WILL BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY.
THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FEES OF NON-PROFIT-MAKING KINDERGARTENS FOR THE 1990-91 SCHOOL YEAR ARE $336 FOR HALF-DAY AND $740 FOR FULL-DAY SESSION SCHOOLS.
ONE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW SCHEME OVER THE PREVIOUS ONE AN ELIGIBLE PARENT WILL GET AT LEAST 25 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE FEE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
IS THAT WEIGHTED :
HE ALSO SAID THAT PARENTS MAY FORWARD APPLICATIONS ΤΟ THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE KINDERGARTENS EITHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, OR AT ANY TIME WHEN THE FEE REMISSION IS REQUIRED.
APPLICATIONS, HE EXPLAINED, SHOULD BE RETURNED WITH COPIES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO THE KINDERGARTENS, BUT THE DEPARTMENT WILL DIRECTLY INFORM PARENTS OF THE RESULT.
"THE GOVERNMENT WILL PAY THE REMITTED FEES ΤΟ SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS THROUGH THE KINDERGARTENS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
COPIES OF A LEAFLET INTRODUCING THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME ARE AVAILABLE FROM KINDERGARTENS, DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES, AND THE KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION SCHEME UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SCHEME UNIT ON TEL. 839 2546 OR 839 2344.
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