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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1976.

NEW FEES FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED NEW FEE LEVELS IN ENGLISH- SPEAKING SCHOOLS WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM SEPTEMBER, 1976. THE NEW FEES ARE $3,040 A YEAR FOR SECONDARY AND $1,900 A YEAR FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

+THEY WILL APPLY IN THE GOVERNMENT ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS AND IN THOSE RUN BY THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

WHEN THE PRESENT FEES WERE ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER, 1973 IT WAS INTENDED THAT THEY WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT A TRIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE COST OF RUNNING ENGLISH- SPEAKING SCHOOLS WOULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE 1975/76 ACADEMIC YEAR.

+THE FEES HAVE REMAIN UNCHANGED AND THE TRIENNIAL REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE NEW FEE LEVELS ARE THE RESULT OF THIS REVIEW,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE NEW FEES HAVE BEEN CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN THE LONG TERM FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS AGREED IN 1973 AND EMBODIED IN THE CODE OF AID FOR SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT: +THESE ARRANGEMENTS PRESERVE SIMILAR FEE LEVELS FOR SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FOUNDATION.

+THE NEW FEES WILL HOLD GOOD UNTIL THE NEW TRIENNIUM ENDS IN THE 1978/79 ACADEMIC YEAR.+

FOLLOWING ON THE FEE INCREASES THE GOVERNMENT WILL AT THE SAME TIME MAKE COMPARABLE ADJUSTMENTS OF ITS LOCAL EDUCATION ALLOWANCES FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF FEE REMISSION WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO OPERATE.

THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS CONCERNED ARE KING GEORGE V SCHOOL, GLENEALY JUNIOR SCHOOL, KENNEDY ROAD JUNIOR SCHOOL, KOWLOON JUNIOR SCHOOL, PEAK SCHOOL AND QUARRY BAY SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOLS RUN BY THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS FUNDATION AFFECTED ARE ISLAND SCHOOL, BEACON HILL SCHOOL, CAUSEWAY BAY SCHOOL AND BOUNDARY JUNIOR SCHOOL.

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