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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAJORITY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD ARE VIEW, IT IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE THAT THE SIZE OF THE QUORUM BE LINKED REALISTICALLY ΤΟ THE SIZE OF THE BOARD'S MEMBERSHIP, MR LIAO SAID.

AN AMENDMENT WAS THEREFORE INTRODUCED TO STIPULATE THAT A QUORUM SHOULD CONSIST OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS, HE ADDED.

IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OCEAN PARK TRUST FUND, AN AMENDMENT WAS INTRODUCED TO SPECIFY THAT THE CORPORATION WAS THE TRUSTEE OF THE FUND, MR LIAO SAID.

THE AMENDMENT WOULD AVOID ANY AMBIGUITY OF STATUS OF THE CORPORATION, AS IT WAS NOT DESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY IN THE LEGISLATION THAT THE CORPORATION WAS THE TRUSTEE, HE ADDED.

MEASURES TAKEN TO EASE NTE SCHOOL SHORTAGE

IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT SUFFICIENT PUBLIC SECTOR PLACES BE PROVIDED IN THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE ΤΟ MEET TOTAL DEMAND FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AND TO MEET APPROVED TARGETS FOR SENIOR SECONDARY AND SIXTH FORM PLACES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON MICHELANGELO PAGLIARI, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HONOURABLE ANDREW WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR PAGLIARI SAID, HOWEVER, IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT THERE WOULD BE A SHORTAGE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN THE NEW TOWNS AND A CORRESPONDING SURPLUS OF PLACES IN THE URBAN AREAS BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF EXISTING SCHOOLS IN THE URBAN AREAS AND THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE NEW TOWNS AND CONSEQUENT MOVEMENT OF POPULATION то THEM.

THESE IMBALANCES FOR SOME PROVIDED THAT THE NUMBER OF THE DISTANCES INVOLVED IN THAT CONVENIENT PUBLIC

"THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AWARE OF TIME AND CONSIDERS THEM TO BE ACCEPTABLE STUDENTS INVOLVED IS NOT EXCESSIVE, THAT GETTING TO SCHOOL ARE NOT TOO GREAT AND TRANSPORTATION 15 AVAILABLE, HE SAID.

MR PAGLIARI NOTED THAT CERTAIN MEASURES WERE TAKEN AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE TO PREVENT THESE IMBALANCES FROM BECOMING TOO GREAT. "IN PARTICULAR NEW SCHOOLS BEING BUILT ΤΟ CATER FOR EXPANDING DEMAND TERRITORY-WIDE ARE LOCATED, WHEREVER POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE SHORTAGE OF PLACES IS GREATEST, WITH PRIORITY GIVEN ΤΟ REMOTE AND ISOLATED DISTRICTS, HE SAID.

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