XN000022-1986-03-21 — Page 9

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1936

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MORE CHANGES AT CNTA ANNOUNCED

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THE PRESENT KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, WILL BECOME DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 21, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

IT WAS EARLIER ANNOUNCED THAT THE CURRENT DRS (HK AND K), MR T.H. CHAU, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR BARRIE WIGGHAM AS REGIONAL SECRETARY.

MR WIGGHAM WILL LEAVE HIS POST ON APRIL 21 AND UNDERTAKE LANGUAGE STUDIES BEFORE BEING SECONDED TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT PEKING AS A COUNSELLOR. HE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG TO TAKE UP THE POST OF SECRETARY FOR GENERAL DUTIES IN LATE 1986.

MR MAK, AGED 47, JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST 1963 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER 11. HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C IN 1981.

MR MAK HAD SERVED IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT BEFORE HE JOINED THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AS KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER IN MARCH 1983.

GOVT TO BUY FEWER FORM 1 PLACES

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CEASE TO BUY FORM 1 PLACES FROM 16 PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM SEPTEMBER 1987 WHEN MORE PLACES IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS ARE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME.

THE DECISION IS IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT APPROVED POLICY ANNOUNCED IN 1978 ON THE PROVISION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES AND WAS MORE RECENTLY ENDORSED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO. 1 PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1784.

A START TO PHASE OUT SOME OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME WAS MADE IN MARCH LAST YEAR WHEN 17 SCHOOLS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE DECISION THAT FORM 1 PLACES WOULD NO LONGER BE BOUGHT FROM THEM AS FROM SEPTEMBER 1986.

IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS PRACTICE, ALL SCHOOLS AFFECTED ARE BEING GIVEN AN ADVANCE NOTICE OF 18 MONTHS.

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