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* FUKIEN MIDDLE SCHOOL

* GERMAN SWISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

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HEUNG TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1991

HON WAH MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

MONGKOK WORKERS' CHILDREN SCHOOL

* PUI KIU MIDDLE SCHOOL

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SCHOOLS WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY BR SEEKING THE APPROVAL OF NECESSARY FUNDS FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE RECURRENT COST OF ADMITTING THE NINE SCHOOLS INTO THE SCHEME IS ESTIMATED AT $28 MILLION IN THE 1991-92 FINANCIAL YEAR AND THE ANNUAL RECURRENT COST THEREAFTER IS ESTIMATED AT $52 MILLION.

THE SCHEME, RECOMMENDED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO. 3, AIMS TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF A STRONG INDEPENDENT PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR AND INCREASE THE RANGE OF CHOICES OF SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS.

AVERAGE UNIT

DSS SCHOOLS WILL BE PAID A SUBSIDY BASED ON THE COST OF AN AIDED SECONDARY PLACE. THE ACTUAL LEVEL OF SUBSIDY WILL DEPEND ON THE FEES CHARGED BY SCHOOLS.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL SOON BE ISSUING CIRCULARS TO

ALL SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN INFORM THEIR PUPILS OF THE NAMES, ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE DSS SCHOOLS AND THE PROCEDURES FOR

ADMISSION.

"PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO APPLY ADMISSION AS STUDENTS WILL NOT BE SCHOOLS BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

DIRECT TO THESE SCHOOLS FOR CENTRALLY ALLOCATED ΤΟ THESE THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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