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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
THE ACTUAL ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S FOUR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS ACCOUNTED FOR JUST ABOUT ONE PER CENT OF THAT ON THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME AREA AS A WHOLE IN HONG KONG.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN IN A WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR CHAN SAID THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE OF THE FOUR COLLEGES IN ABSOLUTE TERMS AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE EDUCATION PROGRAMME INCLUDING UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS, TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND SCHOOLS EDUCATION, WAS $89.59 MILLION (1.1 PER CENT) IN 1986/87, $101.14 MILLION (1.1 PER CENT) IN 1987/88, $113.95 MILLION (1 PER CENT) IN 1988/89, $136.26 MILLION (1 PER CENT) IN 1989/90 AND $156.72 MILLION (1 PER CENT) IN 1990/91.
THE MAJORITY OF THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF THE COLLEGES WAS SPENT ON STAFF COSTS.
THESE INCLUDED $81.84 MILLION IN 1986/87 AND $90.53 MILLION, $101.20 MILLION, $118.94 MILLION AND $139.33 MILLION IN THE FOUR SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
THE REST WAS SPENT ON IMPROVING THE COLLEGES' FACILITIES AND OTHER RECURRENT CHARGES SUCH AS ELECTRICITY AND CONSUMABLES.
OXYGEN INJECTION SCHEME CEASED OPERATION
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THE OXYGEN INJECTION SCHEME WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVĚ THE LONG-STANDING PROBLEM OF WATER POLLUTION IN KOWLOON BAY TYPHOON SHELTER HAD CEASED OPERATION IN JULY LAST YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LI WAH-MING, MR BARNES SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD EXAMINED THE CAUSES FOR THE FAILURE OF THE SCHEME AND WOULD ENSURE THAT LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS WOULD RECEIVE THE RELEVANT DETAILS.
THE PROJECT COST OF THE SCHEME WAS $6.2 MILLION AND THE ANNUAL RECURRENT COST WAS $4.3 MILLION, HE ADDED.
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