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MODIFYING CLASS STRUCTURE TO REDUCE STUDENT MOVEMENT

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AVOIDING STUDENT MOVEMENT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S DECISION IN MODIFYING THE CLASS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT AIDED AND NON-PROFIT MAKING SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST CAPABLE PUPILS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON NORTH, HE SAID THESE SCHOOLS WOULD ALSO BENEFIT BY BEING ABLE TO PLAN THEIR ACTIVITIES AND MAINTAIN THEIR TRADITION.

UNDER THE MODIFIED STRUCTURE, THESE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE FIVE CLASSES EACH OF FORMS 1 TO 5. PRESENTLY, THERE ARE SIX CLASSES EACH FROM FORMS 1 TO 3, AND FOUR EACH IN FORMS 4 AND 5.

+SO CHANGING THE CLASS STRUCTURE IN ITSELF WILL PROVIDE BETTER SCHOOLING FOR MORE PEOPLE, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, MAKE AVAILABLE MORE SENIOR SECONDARY PLACES AND CAUSE LESS MOVEMENT OF STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, + MR. TOPLEY SAID.

CONCERNING SCHOOLS THAT WILL NOT BE MODIFIED, HE SAID SOME ELIGIBLE STUDENTS MAY OF COURSE HAVE TO MOVE TO OTHER SCHOOLS FOR FORM IV. THERE WILL, HOWEVER, BE OTHERS WHO MAY NOT PROCEED TO SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLING.

+NOT EVERYONE AFTER COMPLETING THEIR JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION WILL HAVE THE APTITUDE OR INCLINATION TO CONTINUE, AND TO THIS END WE HAVE MADE PROVISIONS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND ADULT EDUCATION CENTRES TO CATER TO THEIR NEEDS, MR. TOPLEY SAID.

MR. TOPLEY ALSO SPOKE ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FINANCIAL AID TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER 1979, ALL PRIVATE NON-PROFIT-MAKING SCHOOLS WHICH ARE SUITABLE AND WILLING WILL BE BROUGHT BY STAGES WITHIN THE FULL SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.

LAND OFFICE FEES REVISED

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THE FEES OF CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LAND OFFICE OF REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN REVISED TO MEET INCREASED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

THE REVISION INCREASES THE FEES FOR COLOURING A PLAN WHICH NOW RANGE FROM $2 TO $50. PREVIOUSLY THE FEES RANGE FROM $1 TO $3.

THE FEE FOR CERTIFYING A PHOTOSTATIC COPY HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASED FROM $5 TO $10.

AT THE SAME TIME THE FEE FOR THE REGISTRATION OR SUBMISSION FOR FILING OF DOCUMENTS IN RESPECT OF AN OWNERS INCORPORATION IN A MULTI-STOREY BUILDING HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM $5 TO $10.

THE FEE FOR INSPECTING THE REGISTER OF OWNERS CORPORATIONS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM $1 TO $2 WHILE THAT FOR OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE IN RELATION TO A COPY OR EXTRACT OF ANY REGISTER HAS GONE UP FROM $5 TO $10.