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Wednesday, August 15, 1973

"In line with this change," the spokesman said, "the standard fee

payable by pupils occupying five-year bought places in private secondary

schools will also be adjusted from $320 to $400 in urban schools and $160

to $200 in rural schools."

He said the parents concerned were being given a term's notice

regarding the regularisation of the fees as recommended by the 1965 White

Paper on Education Policy.

The spokesman said that with the standardisation of tuition fees,

the fee remission rates for needy pupils in the schools concerned would be

increased from 40 to 45 per cent for Forms 1 to 5 and from 45 to 50 per cent

for Form 6 to bring them into line with the rates existing in government and

other aided secondary schools.

"With effect from January 1, 1974 the tuition fees for part-time

evening courses at the Morrison Hill Technical Institute, the Evening School

of Higher Chinese Studies and the Adult Education Centres will be increased

slightly", the spokesman said.

The increases range from $10 to $40 annually. They are being revised

following the payment of increased rates to lecturers.

But, the spokesman said, this would not affect fees already paid

for the 1973/74 session of evening classes run by the Technical Institute.

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rural

The spokesman pointed out that the fees for some courses

Literacy classes and general background education classes remained unchanged.

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"The groups which come together for practical background education in

such activities as homecraft will find that there is no change in their fee

either.

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