WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994
NO
1
DISMISSAL OF STUDENTS GOVERNED BY CODES OF AID
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PUPIL SHOULD BE EXPELLED BY SCHOOLS WITHOUT PROPER WARNING AND NOTICE TO PARENTS.
ALSO, NO PUPIL UNDER THE AGE OF 15 COULD BE EXPELLED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HENRY TANG YING-YEN IN THE
COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE
FOR (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY
WERE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, POINTED OUT THAT THESE STIPULATED IN THE CODES OF AID.
HE SAID IN ALL EXPULSION CASES, THE DIRECTOR SHOULD BE INFORMED AT THE WARNING STAGE.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CAN ASK SCHOOLS TO RE-ADMIT STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN UNREASONABLY ADVISED TO LEAVE.
"THUS, STAFF OF SUBSIDISED SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE EXCESSIVE POWERS PROVISIONS IN THE DISMISSAL OF STUDENTS, AND NO REVIEW OF THE PRESENT IN THE CODES OF AID IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY," MR LEUNG SAID.
CONSULTANCY STUDY IN HAND FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT
MAKING WHEN
MARKET ΤΟ
THE
ACTING
LAND AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS BEEN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO LEAVE THE DECIDE
ΤΟ WHAT
BUILD WITHIN BROAD LAND SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR CANICE MAK, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
USE ZONINGS,
BARROW,
AND
IN HIS WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MARTIN
BAY RECLAMATION MR MAK SAID OUTLINE ZONING PLANS COVERING HUNG HOM
FOR 1COMMERCIAL AND WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION HAVE SITES ZONED 'COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREA' WHICH INCLUDE HOTEL USES.
ΤΟ
"THE GENERAL 'COMMERCIAL' ZONING HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN ORDER GIVE FLEXIBILITY TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN RESPONSE TO MARKET DEMANDS.
"STATUTORY PLANS FOR CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATION ARE BTILL
SITES
FOR HOTEL INTENDED THERE WILL ALSO BE PREPARATION.
UNDER
DEVELOPMENTS.
MR MAK SAID A CONSULTANCY STUDY HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO REVIEW AND THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK OF DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS AND MARKET FORCES THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.
FOR
HOTEL
DEVELOPMENT
WILL "WHEN THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY ARE AVAILABLE, GOVERNMENT
DESIGNATE SITES CONSIDER WHETHER IT IS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO
OR SPECIFICALLY
IN
NEW RECLAMATION
AREAS
"
ELSEWHERE,
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