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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1981

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OTHER NO LESS IMPORTANT FACTORS INCLUDE:

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THE LEVELS OF THE PROPOSED HOME PURCHASE ALLOWANCE,

AVAILABILITY OF MONEY NO LONGER REQUIRED BY THE OFFICER TO MEET RENT PAYMENTS,

AVAILABILITY OF SAVINGS AND OTHER FAMILY INCOME,

* LOCATION AND TYPE OF PROPERTY TO BE PURCHASED,

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TIMING OF AN OFFICER'S ENTRY INTO THE SCHEME, AND,

PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT, THE DEGREE OF PRIORITY WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER ACCORDS TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HOME OWNERSHIP.

WHITE PAPER ON PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION

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THE WHITE PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND FRE-PRIMARY SERVICES IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON ERIC HO IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT IN THE COUNCIL TODAY.

MR HO ADDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PRACTICABLE TO IMPLEMENT ANY CHANGES TO PRIMARY 1 ENTRY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1983, IN ORDER TO GIVE TIME FOR SCHOOLS AND PARENTS TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE WHITE PAPER PROPOSALS.

SCOPE FOR BETTER NT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

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THE GOVERNMENT IS EXAMINING THE SCOPE FOR IMPROVING EXISTING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY.

HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, WHO ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SAY IT WAS SATISFIED WITH THE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING ACTIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO COPE WITH THE RAPID INCREASE OF POPULATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE NEW TOWNS.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE ADEQUACY OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

/MANY FACILITIES