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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
1988
DISPARITIES REFLECT DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS
THERE ARE BOUND TO BE DISPARITIES IN FRINGE BENEFITS BOTH AMONG THE SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS AND IN COMPARISON WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, MR. JACOBS SAID NO COMPREHENSIVE STUDY HAD BEEN CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE DISPARITIES WHICH WERE LARGELY A REFLECTION OF THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS COVERED A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SERVICES, INCLUDING EDUCATION, WELFARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, TRADE, INDUSTRY AND A HOST OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
"THEY OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS} ΤΟ SCIT THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS,
HE SAID.
THERE WERE, THEREFORE, BOUND TO BE DISPARITIES.
WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION
CIVIC EDUCATION IS PROMOTED THROUGH A VERY EDUCATIONAL, BROADCASTING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON DOMINIC THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY}.
WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES, THE WONG, SAID IN
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON RITA FAN, MR WONG SAID CIVIC EDUCATION WAS OFTEN PROMOTED AS AN ELEMENT OF A PROGRAMME WHICH ALSO HAD OTHER EDUCATIONAL, ENTERTAINMENT OR PUBLICITY AIMS.
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IT IS THEREFORE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY EVERY ITEM OF EXPENDITURE RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.
INSIDE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
THIS COVERED STAFF IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB ACTIVITIES, RUNNING COSTS OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE, DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS, AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHERS.
IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL COSTS NOT SEPARATELY IDENTIFIABLE.
/THESE RELATED
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