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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989

HE SAID DR IP'S SUGGESTION THAT THE CONVERSION TO WHOLE DAY SCHOOLING SHOULD START FROM PRIMARY SIX AND BE COMPLETED FOR ALL PRIMARY PUPILS BY 1998 MIGHT BE TOO OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE THE INITIAL RESULTS OF A STUDY JUST RECEIVED SUGGESTED THAT A BUILDING PROGRAMME SHOULD BE DONE OVER A 12-YEAR PERIOD.

"OUR PROJECTIONS INDICATE THAT COMPLETE CONVERSION WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING LIKE 4,400 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, HE SAID. "THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO 147 SCHOOLS OF THE NEW 30 CLASSROOM DESIGN.

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"SINCE IN PRACTICE WE CANNOT FIND ENOUGH SITES IN SUITABLE LOCATIONS LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE NEW DESIGN, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF NEW SCHOOLS OF VARIOUS SIZES MAY HAVE TO BE AS MANY AS 170," MR BRIDGE SAID.

"ABOUT 100 OF THESE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ARISING FROM A NEW POLICY OF WHOLE DAY PROVISION, AND THE REST WOULD BE NEEDED то REPLACE SCHOOLS DEMOLISHED IN HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES. 11

SINCE IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO PLAN AND BUILD A SCHOOL, THE TIME FRAME THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING AT WAS THE PERIOD 1994 ΤΟ 2006 FOR THE COMPLETE CONVERSION, MR BRIDGE SAID.

"THIS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO POLICY APPROVAL BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE NORMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCEDURES, + HE ADDED.

400 II'S JAILED IN PAST SIX MONTHS

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ABOUT 400 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE FOUND AT PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS FROM OCTOBER LAST YEAR, HAD BEEN PROSECUTED AND SENTENCED ΤΟ IMPRISONMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU, MR BARNES SAID SOME 90 PER CENT OF THEM HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO TERMS OF 15 ΤΟ 18 MONTHS, AND THAT OVER 90 PER CENT OF THEM HAD NO RECORD OF PREVIOUS CONVICTION.

"THE MEAN AGE OF THE CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ABOUT 27," HE ADDED.

IMPRISONED IS

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