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Thursday, January 25, 1973

Mr. Jack C. Tang,

Member of the Textiles Advisory Board and a member of

the Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Polytechnic;

Mr. Liu Yun-sum,

Chairman of the Sheung Shui Rural Committee and

Supervisor of the Fung Kai Public School, Sheung Shui.

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Secretary: Mr. G.G. Oakes, Secretary of the Education Department.

Last October the Governor stated in Legislative Council that during

the rest of the 70's the main aim of our educational effort must be in secondary

and technical education.

At the same time he emphasised the vital role of the Board of Education

in advising on how this might best be achieved particularly as regards the

acceptability of a degree of bi-sessionalism in the Government and aided sector.

Sir Murray MacLehose also referred to the need for the Board of Education

to take a new look at Hong Kong's educational and examination system.

The Governor hoped that this task would be completed by the Board

within six to eight months.

The terms of reference for a remit on secondary education to the

Board of Education are as follows:

Having regard to the Government's objective of providing three years

secondary education for all in the 12-14 year age group and doubling the

percentage of places in the secondary schools for the full 5-year course leading

to a Certificate of Education examination, to consider:-

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any changes that should be introduced into the present type of secondary education offered;

the proportion of academic to vocational secondary education appropriate in the circumstances of Hong Kong;

/(3) any