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MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1983

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CAPITATION GRANT FOR SCHOOLS INCREASED

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CAPITATION GRANT FOR AIDED SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $150 PER PUPIL PER ANNUM TO $175 WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1983.

THE GRANTS FOR AIDED TECHNICAL AND PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN REVISED FROM $180 AND $200 PER PUPIL PER ANNUM TO $240 AND $300 RESPECTIVELY.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS RUNNING SPECIAL CLASSES WILL ALSO RECEIVE A REVISED GRANT OF $3 200 AND $7 000 PER CLASS PER ANNUM RESPECTIVELY WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT $2 210 AND $4 620.

THE CAPITATION GRANT IS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AIDED SCHOOLS TO ENABLE THEM TO PAY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN RELATION TO THE RUNNING OF THE SCHOOLS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

SITE GRANTED FOR BBC RELAY STATION

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE THE BBC WITH A SITE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FAR EASTERN RELAY STATION.

THE DECISION WAS APPROVED BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION INTO SEVERAL POSSIBLE SITES BY AN AD HOC WORK ING GROUP AND TECHNICAL TEAMS FROM BOTH HONG KONG AND THE BBC.

A SITE AT TSANG TSUI, TUEN MUN HAS BEEN FOUND TO MEET TECHNICAL CRITERIA BEST. IT WILL BE PROVIDED AT A COST TO THE BBC EQUAL TO THE COST OF MAKING THE SITE AVAILABLE,

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS BUDGETED 8.4 MILLION POUNDS STERLING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RELAY STATION, WHICH IS PART OF A 10-YEAR. 100 MILLION POUNDS STERLING PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE BBC'S AUDIBILITY AROUND THE WORLD.

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