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Wednesday, November 1, 1972

all.

For instance, she said, we need to aim at secondary education for

Once a policy was formulated, then a practical system could be devised

to implement it step by step.

She said the present aim was to provide enough subsidised places for

all primary graduates to enjoy three years post-primary education, "but beyond

that there is no plan yet."

"So by the time we are ready to remove the secondary school entrance

examinations at Primary 6 level, it will be time to introduce another such

examination for entry into Form 4, because unless we plan for our second phase

now, we are creating another bottleneck there."

The agenda and the procedure of the Board of Education were at fault.

She therefore welcomed the proposal to reconstitute the Board for

more effective function.

On family planning, Mrs. Li welcomed plans for direct participation

of the Modical Department in this field.

She urged the Government to "formulate a population policy and to

review and amend all government regulations to conform with this policy."

She knew of many regulations working at cross purposes, such as paid

maternity leave and the number of children required to qualify for married

quarters, housing estates, decantation, personal tax exemption and so on.

/Referring to