CO129-534-3 Report of Retrenchment Commission 4-5-1931 - 19-2-1932 — Page 143

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infancy,

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has a long tradition, whereas King's College is as yet in its

The latter is built to accommodate 1,000 pupils, but

as it is unlikely that it would be, from the beginning of the new scheme, filled to capacity by secondary classes, it has

been suggested elsewhere that one section of the building be

temporarily set aside for the Government Training College.

As an alternative there might be temporarily s one elementary

classese

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The graduate masters at present at Queen's College should be transferred to King's College, though some economy should be effected in staff by the amalgamation of the classes

and the raising of the maximum number per class to 35. The

Commissioners consider that for this education of senior boys

the employment of men teachers is advisable. When the present

Headmaster of King's College retires there would not be any

necessity to fill this appointment, it carries with it a

salary of £1,100 to £1,300.

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It will probably be necessary at some future date for

Government to build a primary school to serve the western

district of Hong Kong and to care for the primary classes of

King's and Queen's Colleges. The building of such a school

should be financed out of the sale of the present Queen's

College site, which is extremely valuable.

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VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOL AND QUARRY BAY SCHOOL

These are mixed primary schools which prepare

British children for secondary education at the Central

British School, Kowloon. The schools are at comparatively

close quarters, and in proportion to the number of pupils

are very expensive to the Government to maintain. A considerable

proportion of the pupils of Victoria British School are

children of Government servants.

In the view of the

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