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香港政府

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

45 MORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NEXT FOUR YEARS

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HONG KONG'S SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAMME PROVIDES FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE BUILDING OF 33 NEW SCHOOLS DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND 12 MORE TO BE CREATED BY CONVERTING

A NUMBER OF UNDER-UTILISED GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY SEPTEMBER 1978.

THE DRAFT ESTIMATES FOR 1976-77 PROVIDE FOR A START ON 21 NEW PROJECTS.

EIGHT OF THE NEW SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING THIS COMING SEPTEMBER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TO-DAY.

TWO OF THESE PROJECTS ARE AT SHEK KIP ME!, ONE EACH AT KWUN TONG, KWAI CHUNG AND TAI HANG TUNG AND THE REMAINING THREE ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

ANOTHER TEN ARE PLANNED FOR COMPLETION BY SEPTEMBER 1977,

13 BY SEPTEMBER 1978 AND TWO BY SEPTEMBER 1979.

ULTIMATELY, THESE SCHOOLS WILL ACCOMMODATE 27,990 PUPILS IN FORMS 1-3, 2,880 IN FORMS 4-5 AND 960 IN FORM 6, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ADDITIONALLY 18 UNDER-UTILISED PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS WILL BE CONVERTED TO PROVIDE 13,300 FORMS 1-6 PLACES EQUIVALENT TO 12 STANDARD 24-CLASSROOM SECONDARY SCHOOLS. OF THESE PLACES, IT IS PLANNED THAT 8,880 WILL BE IN FORMS 1 TO 3, 4,000 IN FORMS 4 AND 5 AND 420 IN FORM 6.

CONVERSION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING IN 1978, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE BUILDING AND CONVERSION COSTS INVOLVE AN ESTIMATED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF MORE THAN $156 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR FINANCIAL YEARS.

THE BUDGET PROVIDES FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SOME $34,300,000 AS FEE SUBSIDIES TO 76,273 STUDENTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO OCCUPY BOUGHT PLACES IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY MARCH 31, 1977.

OF THE 76,273 BOUGHT PLACES, 70,510 ARE THREE-YEAR AND 5,763 ARE FIVE-YEAR PLACES.

BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE NUMBER OF THREE-YEAR BOUGHT PLACES IS LIKELY TO TOTAL 61,910 AND ANOTHER 8,600 WILL BE ADDED FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1976, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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