CO129-534-3 Report of Retrenchment Commission 4-5-1931 - 19-2-1932 — Page 58

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Kowloon. At present a different but almost equally far

reaching scheme affecting more than one Government school and

involving the sale of the site of Queen's College is under

consideration.

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Paragraphs 19 - 20:

Victoria British School is to be

closed at the end of the year. It is proposed to use the

building as a technical school as recommended by the Committee

on Technical Education.

Paragraph 21. The question of Chinese studies

at the University, with which is bound up the future policy

regarding the Vernacular Middle School and regarding Chinese as

a compulsory subject in the Senior Local and Matriculation

examinations, is at present being investigated by a special Committee. Until this Committee has reported it is not proposed

to take any action.

Paragraph 22.

The fees chargeable for this service

have been revised and the net cost of this work is now estimated

at $9,555 per annum. Government hopes for an extension as

soon as funds permit rather than a cessation.

The recommendation

of the Commissioners seems to be based on the fallacious

assumption "once healthy always healthy".

The Director of

Medical and Sanitary Services is in close touch with the

Medical Officers of Schools who are under his direct control.

Paragraph 23. The arrangement of the leave programme

of his staff must for the most part be left to the head of the

department, as recommended by the Commissioners in paragraph 5 of their report on the Colonial Secretary's Office.

Director of Education will no doubt bear the recommendations of

the Commissioners in mind.

The

Paragraphs 24 26.