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On admission policy, the Government considers it important that international schools should continue to serve mainly the target group(s) of students that they have publicly stated, for example, providing special educational needs for particular national, linguistic or cultural groups whose requirements cannot be adequately met within the existing school system.
"For those international schools whose student mix falls below a certain level, and which are clearly not achieving their objectives, the Director of Education is empowered to require them to rectify the situation. It is intended that this level should be set at 50 per cent," Mr Mak said.
Based on the forecast by the WG, the Government estimated that five school sites, each ranging from 6,000 to 9,000 square metres depending on efficiency of usage, will need to be granted at nominal premium to international school operators in the next five years.
Depending on the levels of primary/secondary classes, the interest-free loan that may be required for each school may range from $50 million to $69 million at current prices.
As at September 1994, there were 40 international schools in Hong Kong, with a total enrolment of 22,049.
End/Tuesday, October 10, 1995