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the approved establishment of 3 Masters and 3 Probationer Masters.
(d) (e). This will have to depend on the scheme
referred to under paragraphs 16 18 above and on the future
of the Vernacular Middle School.
It is however difficult to
see how any reduction in the se lower grade, and therefore cheaper, teachers is to be effected, without depriving a corresponding number of children of e ducation.
(f). The posts of boxing instructor, pianist and
two needlework teachers have been abolished. There is no teacher of Portuguese. It is not considered desirable to abolish the posts of Carpentry Instructors.
Paragraphs 38 43. Government is in touch with the authorities of the Dioco san Boys School and negotiations are proceeding. It would be premature at this stage to make any disclosure. The Executive Council is being kept fully informed. Incidentally it may be remarked, with regard to the last sentence of paragraph 39 that the loan of $175,000 to the Dioce san Boys' School was made with the full knowledge and concurrence of the Secretary of State the Executive Council and of the Finance Committee which contains all the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council. The reference to the proposed new Central British School is based on inadequate information. Government is unaware of the source from which the Commissioners derived the erroneous idea that the cost was to be one million dollars, while the site was selected after consultation with the Board of Education including the representative of the Kowloon Residents Association and with its concurrence. The cost is estimated at about half a million dollars for the buildings necessary to enable the present school buildings to be avacuated, but the finances of the Colony will not permit of the early commencement
of the
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