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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990

AS TO WHETHER OTHER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WOULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THESE SAVINGS, MR YEUNG SAID THE EXTENT ΤΟ WHICH POLICY SECRETARIES MIGHT DEPLOY SAVINGS WITHIN THEIR PROGRAMME AREAS WAS STILL UNDER EXAMINATION AGAINST THE WIDER BACKGROUND OF THE STRINGENT BUDGETARY STRATEGY TO BE ADOPTED FOR 1991-92.

"A

THIS YEAR.

DECISION WILL BE MADE ON THIS ISSUE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OP

FAVOURABLE

"I AM HOPEFUL, HOWEVER, THAT THE DECISION WILL BE A ONE AS FAR AS MY PROGRAMME AREA IS CONCERNED, MR YEUNG SAID.

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FOR THIS REASON, MR YEUNG SAID, HE WAS PLANNING TO RE-DEPLOY THESE SAVINGS TOWARDS TWO URGENT ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH NO PROVISION HAD BEEN MADE IN THE 1990-91 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE.

"THESE ARE. FIRST, THE PREPARATION OF THE SYLLABUSES FOR ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY LEVEL SUBJECTS, WHICH ARE DUE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO ALL SIXTH FORMS IN 1992 AND, SECONDLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK INVOLVED IN FORMULATING ATTAINMENT STANDARDS AND ASSOCIATED TESTS FOR CORE SUBJECTS IN SCHOOLS," HE SAID.

17,355 APPLICATIONS FOR CNCC IN FIRST QUARTER

TOLD

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON IAN STRACHAN, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT 17,355 APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION (CNC() HAD BEEN RECEIVED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF- THES YEAR, COMPARED WITH 18,327 IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER.

STRACHAN

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, MR POINTED OUT THAT BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A CEILING OF 300 APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED PER DAY HAD BEEN IMPOSED IN JANUARY THIS

YEAR.

APPLICANTS WERE NOW REQUIRED TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS CURRENTLY A WAITING TIME OF 17 DAYS.

SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING WOULD NORMALLY BE COMPLETED WITHIN 21 WORKING DAYS.

IS CONSIDERED

**AS THE PRESENT AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME REASONABLE IT IS NOT INTENDED, GIVEN OTHER POLICING COMMITMENTS, DEPLOY ADDITIONAL STAFF TO THE CNCC OFFICE AT THIS TIME," HE SAID.

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