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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989

THE STANDARDS

"THEY RECEIVE TRAINING AND FURTHER EDUCATION DURING THE TWO

MEET YEARS IN THE CADET SCHOOL TO ENABLE THEM TO

FOR RECRUITMENT INTO THE POLICE," HE SAID.

FORM 3 STUDENTS WHO

OF MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT THE POOL WERE NOT OFFERED ANY TYPE OF POST-FORM 3 EDUCATION EXCEEDED 20.000

SUFFICIENTLY ANNUALLY UNTIL 1987, PROVIDING A

LARGE POOL FOR GOOD QUALITY RECRUITS.

BY BUT THE NUMBER WOULD DECLINE TO 7,000

1990 AND 1991 AS A RESULT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY TO INCREASE POST-FORM IN GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISED AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, HE SAID.

BY

4.000 3 PLACES

"THESE STUDENTS WILL BE AT THE LOWER END OF THE ACADEMIC AND ARE UNLIKELY TO BE SUITABLE FOR ENROLMENT AS POLICE CADETS,

SCALE

"THE IMPLICATION IS THEREFORE THAT. IF THE CADET SCHOOL WERE TO REMAIN OPEN IT WOULD HAVE INSUFFICIENT ENTRANTS TO CONTINUED EXISTENCE." MR BARNES SAID.

JUSTIFY

ITS

SCHOOL CANTEEN SERVICE NOT VIABLE

*

A

CANTEEN

SERVICE

IT WOULD NOT BE ECONOMICAL TO PROVIDE

FOR EACH SCHOOL. THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON T.H. CHAU, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR CHAU WAS REPLYING A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM, WHO HAD ASKED HOW THE HYGIENE STANDARDS OF FOOD SOLD FROM FAST-FOOD VANS WERE CONTROLLED, AND WHETHER THERE WERE PLANS то PROVIDE CANTEEN SERVICES IN SCHOOLS.

PROVIDING A CANTEEN SERVICE WOULD TAKE UP VALUABLE SPACE WHICH

ALSO COULD BE BETTER USED FOR PURELY EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AND

THERE MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENT DEMAND WITHIN A SCHOOL TO MAKE A CANTEEN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, MR CHAU SAID.

HE SAID THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER HAD ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WERE AT PRESENT NO PLANS TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES.

THAT

MR CHAU SAID

PLENTY OF LICENSED FOOD CATERERS AVAILABLE TO MEET THE LUNCH NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

WERE

"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A LIST OF LICENSED FOOD FACTORIES TO THE SCHOOLS FOR REFERENCE, HE SAID.

"

MR CHAU ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE AT PRESENT NO OPERATED FAST-FOOD VANS.

LEGALLY

"ANYONE WHO IS FOUND OPERATING SUCH A VAN IS LIABLE ΤΟ FACE PROSECUTION AND, UPON CONVICTION, TO CONFISCATION OF HIS EQUIPMENT COMMODITY, IN ADDITION TO OTHER PENALTIES," HE SAID.

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