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AGENCIES CAN APPLY FOR SUBVENTION TO RUN ADULT COURSES

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NON-PROFIT MAKING VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION IN 1982/83 TO ASSIST THEM IN THE RUNNING OF ADULT EDUCATION COURSES AND ACTIVITIES.

THE SUBVENTION SCHEME IS ONE OF THE MEASURES CONTAINED IN THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION.

+A TOTAL OF 24 PROJECTS INVOLVING 19 VOLUNTARY BODIES ARE NOW IN SESSION, AS COMPARED WITH 18 PROJECTS INVOLVING 12 VOLUNTARY BODIES WHEN THE SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1980, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

ALL APPLICATIONS FOR SUBVENTION WILL BE DULY CONSIDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.

THE SCHEME HAS RECENTLY BEEN REVIEWED, AND BESIDES SUBVENTION TO ASSIST IN MEETING THE COSTS OF STAFF AND BASIC EQUIPMENT, ASSISTANCE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS 1-

(A) ANNUAL SALARY FOR CENTRE ADMINISTRATORS

(EQUIVALENT TO THAT FOR AN ADULT EDUCATION PART-TIME SUPERVISOR IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT),

(B) BASIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT, WHERE APPLICABLE,

(C) A SUM OF $500 PER QUARTER TO COVER THE

COST OF TELEPHONE, WATER AND ELECTRICITY CHARGES ON A SHARING BASIS, AND

(D) HIRE CHARGES FOR ACCOMMODATION AT THE

EXISTING GOVERNMENT RATE.

SUITABLE COURSES FOR SUBVENTION INCLUDE THOSE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE BASIC LITERACY IN CHINESE, GENERAL EDUCATION FOR PARTICULAR GROUPS SUCH AS FACTORY WORKERS AND FISHERFOLK RE-ORIENTATION AND CANTONESE FOR NEWCOMERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF ASIA, SOCIAL AND MORAL EDUCATION, ACTIVITIES IN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS NOT COVERED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SERVICES, LABOUR EDUCATION, PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING, SPECIAL EDUCATION, CAREERS EDUCATION, PRE-RETIREMENT AND RETIREMENT EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION COURSES AND ACTIVITIES, AND JOB-ORIENTED COURSES.

INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO APPLY FOR SUBVENTION CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS IN PERSON OR BY POST FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR, KOWLOON.

ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION NOT LATER THAN MAY 31. APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS IN EARLY JULY.

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES, ORGANISATIONS CAN CONTACT MR H.H. WOO OF THE SECTION ON 3-7133285.

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