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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1977

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE REORGANISED

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THE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STREAMLINED BY REGROUPING ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS FOR BETTER OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONING.

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE REORGANISATION CAME INTO FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 1, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY.

+TWO NOTEWORTHY FEATURES OF REORGANISATION AT THIS STAGE ARE THE INTRODUCTION OF UNIFIED REGIONAL, AREA AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION OF KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS UNDER A SCHOOLS DIVISION, AS WELL AS THE COMPLETE DETACHMENT OF THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHING OF THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY,+ MR. HAYE SAID.

IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON APRIL 7, 1976 THAT HE WAS CONSIDERING REORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

FUNDS HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE REORGANISATION OF THE DIRECTORATE AND THE CREATION OF TWO MAJOR OPERATIONAL WINGS.

TOP PRIORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOLS AND SERVICES BRANCH UNDER A SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR. BASIL BOARD.

KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR. LAM TAT-LAU, WHILE THE SERVICES DIVISION WHICH INCLUDES SPECIAL EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, CAREERS AND STUDENT GUIDANCE, AS WELL AS OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, ARE UNDER ANOTHER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR. SUN PING-SHU.

PENDING FURTHER STAGES OF THE REORGANISATION WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS THE OTHER DIVISIONS WILL BE ADMINISTERED AS BEFORE.

DURING THIS INTERIM PERIOD THE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF TWO DIVISIONS - TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND PLANNING AND BUILDING - MR. DANIEL WATERS AND MR. ROBERT CAMERON RESPECTIVELY, REPORT DIRECT TO THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR. COLVYN HAYE.

TWO OTHER ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, MR. ARTHUR BROWN AND MR. JOHN WINFIELD, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND FURTHER EDUCATION RESPECTIVELY, REPORT TO MR. HO NGA-MING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PROFESSIONAL).

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