WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991
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10 MORE SECONDARY AND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS PLANNED FOR YUEN LONG
THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD NINE SECONDARY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG IN THE NEXT FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SCHOOLS
THE DECADE, CHAN, INFORMED THE
AND ONE SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE
THESE SCHOOLS, ALMOST ALL IN TIN PROVIDE 11,600 SCHOOL PLACES.
SHUI
ARE WAI,
EXPECTED
TO
STEPHEN
NG
REPLY TO A IN A WRITTEN
QUESTION BY THE HON NOT POSSIBLE MING-YUM, MR CHAN SAID IT WAS
TO GIVE THE ESTIMATED DECADE DEMAND FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN THE DISTRICT IN THE NEXT "SINCE DEMAND FIGURES ARE CALCULATED FOR THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS".
AND
ΤΟ
AS A
HE SAID THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME WAS CLOSELY MONITORED ENSURE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOL PLACES IN THE TERRITORY WHOLE WAS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE DEMAND OF ALL DISTRICTS AT ALL TIMES.
MADE IS
"EVERY EFFORT
TO MINIMISE DISTRICT IMBALANCES SITING NEW SCHOOLS IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED OR BY ADJUSTING SCHOOL NETS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES.
"HOWEVER,
ΤΟ
BY
THE
OF
FREQUENT
BALANCE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE A COMPLETE DEMAND SUPPLY AND
IN BACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT DUE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, MR CHAN SAID.
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AT PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN YUEN LONG.
AND 13 AIDED SECONDARY
IN SPITE OF THE APPARENT OVER-SUPPLY OF PLACES AT LEVEL, ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE OR WILL HAVE FLOATING HELP TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL OF PLACES IN TUEN MUN,
SECONDARY
1 CLASSES WHICH
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SCHOOLS ADVISED ON TEXTBOOKS SELECTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS
THE
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAS ACCEPTED A PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC) ON HOW SCHOOLS SELECT TEXTBOOKS AND ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM PUBLISHERS.
SCHOOLS WILL BE ADVISED OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN A CIRCULAR TO BE ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
/HE SAID