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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1976.

SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME

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THE SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY, MR. DEREK HOGAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (DEVELOPMENT) SAID TODAY.

UNDER THE PROGRAMME, 33 NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 1978. IN ADDITION, 18 UNDER- UTILISED PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE TO BE CONVERTED TO PROVIDE 13 NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TWO ANNEXES TO EXSITING SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

+THESE NEW BUILDINGS AND THE CONVERTED PREMISES WILL PROVIDE A FURTHER 52,000 SECONDARY PLACES, MR. HOGAN SAID.

THIS FIGURE, HE ADDED, INCLUDED 3,000 PLACES CREATED BY THE FLOTATION OF CLASSES AND EXTENDED-DAY OPERATION.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID THIS SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE A SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE IN A COURSE OF THREE YEARS DURATION FOR EVERY CHILD LEAVING PRIMARY SCHOOL IN 1978.

+THIS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DISPENSE WITH THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IN THAT YEAR.◄

DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS EIGHT NEW SECONDARY GRAMMAR · SCHOOLS PROVIDING MORE THAN 7,000 SCHOOL PLACES AND ONE NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL PROVIDING 1,000 PLACES HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

IN ADDITION, TWO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES - ONE AT KWUN TONG AND THE OTHER AT KWAI CHUNG - HAVE BEEN BUILT BY GOVERNMENT. THESE EACH PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT OF 1,500 FULL-TIME PLACES.

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

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