WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994,
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LEGCO PROVIDED WITH DETAILS OF SCHOOL SITES
**
ARE
IN
(WEDNESDAY)
PLANNING EDUCATION
IN
THE
SITES PROCESS, AT AN EARLY STAGE OF THE TOWN PLANNING
COMMUNITY FACILITIES RESERVED FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER DISTRICTS TO MEET FORECAST REQUIREMENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR
MR
SAID TODAY AND MANPOWER,
LEUNG, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MICHAEL
SCHOOL SITES
MR LEUNG SAID THE NUMBER, SIZE AND LOCATION OF REQUIRED WERE DETERMINED MAINLY WITH REFERENCE TO POPULATION FORECASTS AND APPROVED PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS
A WRITTEN
NOT ENCOUNTERED ANY "So
THE FAR, DIFFICULTIES IN RESERVING SCHOOL SITES," SAID MR LEUNG IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG.
HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE AT PRESENT 157 RESERVED SCHOOL 105 FOR SECONDARY, 50 FOR PRIMARY AND TWO FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
SITES:
"THEY
TO
Г
ARE LOCATED IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND HAVE BEEN ENABLE NEW SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT IN THE TARGETS.
FUTURE
TO MEET
RESERVED POLICY
ON THE
MR
LEUNG SAID THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME, DRAWN UP BASIS OF STUDENT POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND TO MEET APPROVED EDUCATION POLICIES, WAS REVIEWED EVERY YEAR.
NEW SCHOOLS AS "WITHIN THE
ALLOCATED EACH YEAR, RESOURCES RECOMMENDED IN THE PROGRAMME ARE BUILT THROUGH PUBLIC TENDER UNDER THE APPROPRIATE SITES SUPERVISION OF THE RELEVANT AUTHORITY, USING THE RESERVED.
"RESERVED
SITES SCHOOL
WHICH ARE
NOT
OF
BECAUSE NEEDED
CONSTRAINTS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, SITE LIMITATIONS AND OTHER PHYSICAL ARE SURRENDERED, HE ADDED.
"
AN
MR
COMMENTING ON THE CURRENT POLICY TO REDUCE FLOATATION ONGOING SCHOOL EXTENSION PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS OF THE OLD REINFORCED LEUNG SAID THIS PROGRAMME HAD RECENTLY BEEN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.
THROUGH DESIGN,
BY
THE
"TOGETHER THESE TWO PROGRAMMES WOULD HELP TO ELIMINATE FLOATING
CLASSES AT SECONDARY 1 TO 5 LEVELS BY THE YEAR 2000.
SECONDARY
"THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THE FLOATING OF CLASSES AT 6 TO 7 LEVELS TO BE REASONABLE, HAVING REGARD TO THEIR FREQUENT USE OF
HE SAID. SPECIAL ROOMS FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS,
M
MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT IF FLOATING CLASSES AT SECONDARY 1 TO 5 LEVELS WERE TO BE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED WELL AHEAD OF THE YEAR 2000, SITES ADDITIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE REQUIRED AND SUITABLE
THESE SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FROM
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FOR LIST.
THERE ARE 132 WHOLE-DAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS INCLUDING THREE NEW SCHOOLS COMMISSIONED IN 1993.
THE RESERVED
F
FOR LOCAL CHILDREN
/"IT IS