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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990

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INT'L, PRIVATE AND AIDED SCHOOLS INVITED TO JOIN SUBSIDY SCHEME

AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE INTERNATIONAL, PRIVATE AND INVITED LATER THIS MONTH TO JOIN THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME (DSS).

OF THE PRIVATE ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) THE CHAIRMAN SCHOOLS REVIEW COMMITTEE, MR TIMOTHY HA WING-HO, SAID THE MAIN AIM THE SCHEME WAS TO INCREASE THE CHOICE OF SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS.

OF

WILL BE PAID A GOVERNMENT AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL FEES CHARGED BY INDIVIDUAL

"SCHOOLS ADMITTED TO THE SCHEME SUBSIDY BASED ON THE AVERAGE UNIT COST OF AN PLACE, BUT THE LEVEL WILL DEPEND ON THE SCHOOLS, MR HA SAID.

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"SCHOOLS CHARGING NO MORE THAN THE STANDARD

FEE OF AN AIDED

PLACE WILL RECEIVE 100

SCHOOL AND THOSE CHARGING ADDITIONAL FEES UP TO THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO- THIRDS OF THE AVERAGE UNIT COST OF AN AIDED PER CENT SUBSIDY," MR HA SAID.

SCHOOLS CHARGING ADDITIONAL FEES AT

MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF SCHOOL PLACE WILL HAVE THE AVERAGE UNIT COST OF AN AIDED SECONDARY THEIR SUBSIDY REDUCED ON A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BASIS BUT THERE WOULD

OF THE AVERAGE A MINIMUM LEVEL OF SUBSIDY EQUIVALENT TO 25 PER CENT UNIT COST OF AN AIDED PLACE.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE, ASSUMING $10,000 AS THE AVERAGE UNIT COST, ILLUSTRATES THE CALCULATION OF THE SUBSIDY:

ADDITIONAL FEE RANGE (EXCLUDING THE STANDARD

FEE CHARGED IN AIDED SCHOOLS)

$0 - $6,667

$6,668 $14,166

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$14,167 UPWARDS

SUBSIDY PER PLACE

$10,000

$9,999 $2,501

-

$2,500

MR HA SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD HELD NINE MEETINGS SINCE TO DELIBERATE ON THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME AND OTHER MATTERS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

DECEMBER RELATING

PREVENTED FROM ATTENDING

"IN ORDER THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT BE

SUBSIDY PER CENT

OF 100

SOLELY BECAUSE DSS SCHOOLS RECEIVING

RECOMMENDS THAT INABILITY TO PAY SCHOOL FEES, THE COMMITTEE STRONGLY

MR HA SAID. SUCH DSS SCHOOLS ADOPT A FEE REMISSION SCHEME,

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THAT DETAILS OF THE COMMITTEE, HE SAID, HAD ALSO RECOMMENDED

THE PROSPECTUS OF BACH THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME SHOULD BE SHOWN IN DSS SCHOOL.

JOIN MR HA SAID THE CLOSING DATE OF APPLICATION FOR SCHOOLS TO

YEAR AND THAT THE DSS IN SEPTEMBER 1991 WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 15 THIS

BE GIVEN BY APPROVAL FOR SCHOOLS TO JOIN THE SCHEME WAS EXPECTED TO THE END OF DECEMBER.

A CIRCULAR GIVING DETAILS OF THE SCHEME WILL BE ISSUED EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

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