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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

Sunday, December 9, 1973

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORING BODIES CO-OPERATION

Essential For Development Of Schools

Co-operation between the Education Department and sponsoring

bodies is essential in order to accomplish the demanding targets now set

for the number and variety of school places to be provided at both the

primary and secondary levels.

This was stated by Mr. J. Whiteley, Assistant Director of Education

(Development), this afternoon at the Dedication Ceremony and Open Day of

St. Philip Lutheran School at Yau Tong, Kowloon.

This primary school is one of 67 free standing estate schools

built by the Government as part of a housing estate and then handed over to

a sponsoring body to operate.

"The cost of building such a school at present day prices is about

$850,000," Mr. Whiteley said.

The Government also pays the recurrent costs under the Subsidy

Code. The sponsors pay for the equipment and furniture for the school and

for any improvements they wish to make to the school building itself.

$140,000.

For this particular school the Lutheran Church contributed some

"This is an example of the type of co-operation between the Education

Department and sponsoring bodies in running schools that I mentioned earlier

as being essential in order to provide the required number of schools,"

the Assistant Director said.

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