Reply:
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The reply is as follows:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Generally speaking, the planning period for the provision of places in primary schools is five years. As is set out in the White Paper, "Social Welfare into the 1990's and Beyond", the provision of aided day nursery and day creche places has been planned for the period 1991/92 to 1999/2000. The planning for all of these places has taken into account an estimate of the number of children in China born to Hong Kong residents who will be eligible to settle in Hong Kong in future.
To meet demand for primary school places in the present planning period 1994/95 - 1998/99, 31 new primary schools are planned to be built. The anticipated demand for aided day nursery places is estimated to be about 30,000 by 1999/2000; for aided day creche places, it is estimated to be 3000.
The crude birth rate (the number of live births in a year divided by the mid-year population of the same year) of Hong Kong in 1993 was 12.0 per 1000 population. This rate is expected to rise to 12.8 in 2014. to 13.2 in 2021 and to level out thereafter at about 13.0 with only slight fluctuations.
End/Wednesday, January 11, 1995
Industrial safety review
Following is a question by the Hon Tam Yiu-chung and a written reply by the Acting Secretary for Education and Manpower. Miss Jacqueline Willis, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Regarding the comprehensive review of the present system for ensuring occupational health and safety, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
what sorts of persons will be invited to join the newly established inter- departmental committee headed by. the Secretary for Education and Manpower, and how selection criteria are determined;