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Friday, September 7, 1973

AGREEMENT ON LONG-TERM FINANCING OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS

Fee Increases To Meet Running Costs

The government has reached agreement with the English Schools

Foundation on the long-term financing arrangements to meet the cost of running English-speaking schools, a government spokesman said today.

The arrangements preserve similar fee levels in schools operated

by the government and the Foundation.

"They also accord with the principle of parity of subsidy between

schools for English-speaking and Chinese-speaking children as stated in the 1965 White Paper on Education and endorsed by the Select Committee

appointed in November 1971 to look into the cost of running English-speaking

schools," the spokesman pointed out.

These arrangements have been embodied in a Code of Aid for schools

operated by the Foundation.

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To meet running costs, the fees for the eight English-speaking

schools will be increased from January 1, 1974, the spokesman said.

increases, however, are less than those proposed in May 1971

The new fees are $2,530 a year for secondary and $1,330 a year

for primary schools. They will apply in both Government English-speaking

schools and those run by the English Schools Foundation.

The government