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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1980
ON THE SUGGESTION THAT SOME FREE CHILD CARE CENTRES AND KINDERGARTENS BE SET UP, MR HO SAID DIRECT SUBSIDY IN AN AREA OF EDUCATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WAS A COURSE OF ACTION WHICH NEEDED VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND SHOULD NOT BE EMBARKED UPON LIGHTLY.
+ THE SYSTEM HAS NOT, AS THE GREEN PAPER POINTS OUT, WORKED TOO WELL WITH CHILD CARE CENTRES SO FAR, AND THIS IS WHY THE NEW SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVISED. I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE REALISTIC TO CARRY OUT THE SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE AS PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER AND REVIEW THE RATES OF ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS IF THEY PROVE INADEQUATE, SAID MR HO.
COMMENTING ON SUGGESTIONS TO URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO PERSUADE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BRING THE LETTING POLICY FOR CHILD CARE CENTRES AND KINDERGARTENS INTO LINE, MR HO SAID THERE APPEARED TO BE NO REASON WHY A WORKABLE SOLUTION WOULD NOT EMERGE.
ON OTHER MATTERS RAISED IN THE DEBATE, MR HO SAID THE SUBJECT OF THE ROLE OF ENGLISH WAS BEING CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND WAS NOT THEREFORE STUDIED IN DETAIL IN THE GREEN PAPER- MORAL EDUCATION WAS MENTIONED, BUT APPEARED TO BE A MATTER PRIMARILY FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS WAS INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE GREEN PAPER AS THE PROBLEMS WERE NOT CONFINED TO ANY PARTICULAR SECTION OF EDUCATION.
+ IN LOOKING AT THE GREEN PAPER, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO KINDERGARTENS, THINK WE MUST APPRECIATE ITS AIMS. THE SITUATION IS CURRENTLY NOT SATISFACTORY AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, LARGELY A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART IN THIS SECTOR,
+THE GREEN PAPER PROPOSES THE FIRST STEPS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO GIVE A FIRM BASIS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
+THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CONSIDER THAT THE TIME IS RIPE NOR THE BASE SUFFICIENTLY FIRM FOR A MAJOR RE-ORGANISATION OF THE WHOLE OF THIS SECTOR OF EDUCATION AT PRESENT.
+ESSENTIALLY THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER REPRESENT
A BEGINNING RATHER THAN A FINAL DESIGN, SAID MR HO.
THE REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT, IN A SPEECH DELIVERED ON HER BEHALF BY THE HON ALLEN LEE, SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT UNTIL THERE WAS A MORE VIGOROUS ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS, AND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE DISSATISFACTION WITH THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER.+
+WE HAVE GOT TO DO FAR MORE TO ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS RECEIVING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS DEMANDED BY THE PARENTS, SHE SAID.
/ON THE
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