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HONG KONG TENT INFORMATION SERVICES

DAILY

INFORMATION BULLETIN

Wednesday, August 16, 1972

INCREASED FEES AT ENGLISH SPEAKING SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR

Local Education Allowances For Government Servants

Fees at English speaking schools will be raised from January 1, 1973

to $1,150 a year at primary schools and $2,050 a year at secondary schools.

These new fees were announced at today's meeting of the Legislative

Council by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Hon. S.T. Kidd, in reply to a

question by the Senior Unofficial Member, the Hon. P.C. Woo.

At the same time, the Acting Colonial Secretary announced that the

Government, as an 'employer, would also be introducing local education allowances

for its own employees as from the new year.

Mr. Kidd said: "The Report of the 1971 Salaries Commission pointed to

the need for these, leaving details for later consideration.

"The intention now is to grant suitable allowances covering part of

the additional cost of schooling for those children whose parents have no choice

but to pay more than basic charges."

A Government spokesman gave as examples that in appropriate

cases in the primary school sector, parents paying fees of $100 per annum would

receive allowances of $60 a year; and parente paying $1,150 per annum would

receive $690.

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