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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991

POLICY,

HOWEVER, THE SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT UNDER EXISTING

THE FORM OF AN WAS GIVEN TO ENCOURAGEMENT

WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS IN

SUBSIDY, ENHANCEMENT GRANT OF $950 PER CLASS PER ANNUM AND A ONE-OFF

ADDITIONAL UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $20,700 PER SCHOOL, FOR THE PURCHASE OF CLASSROOM FURNITURE.

BE

REVIEWED, AND

OTHER

FOR

FORMS

WHOLE-DAY

OF

WILL MEASURES "THESE ENCOURAGEMENT MAY BE ADDED, WHEN THE LONG-TERM POLICY SCHOOLING IS DECIDED," HE SAID.

AS REGARDS THE SUGGESTION OF PROVIDING ONE ADDITIONAL CLERICAL BETWEEN STAFF TO SCHOOLS, MR CHAN SAID THERE WAS NO CLEAR CORRELATION WHOLE-DAY OPERATION AND INCREASED CLERICAL WORK IN SCHOOLS,

THAT HOWEVER, "THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGESTIONS, WORKLOAD OF CLERICAL STAFF IN SCHOOLS IS TOO HEAVY,

THE PRESENT

"THE

T

GOVERNMENT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERING MEANS THE PROBLEM, HE SAID.

OF ADDRESSING

ONE POSSIBILITY UNDER EXAMINATION WAS THE PROVISION OF A MICRO- SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION COMPUTER FOR EACH SCHOOL SO THAT SOME OF THE WORK COULD BE COMPUTERISED,

"WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE IN THE RUN THAN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MANPOWER.

LONG

"

"THIS STUDY ON ENHANCING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF COVERS ALL TYPES OF SCHOOLS AND IS NOT CONFINED TO WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.

CLERICAL STAFF

PRIMARY

TRANSPORT POLICY APPLIED WITH FLEXIBILITY

THE GOVERNMENT'S

TRANSPORT INTER-MODAL

DEMAND,

CO-ORDINATION POLICY

SUCH FINANCIAL

HAS ALWAYS BEEN APPLIED FLEXIBLY TO MEET CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES,

UTILISATION AND THE AS SHIFTS IN PASSENGER

VIABILITY OF VARIOUS MODES, AS WELL AS TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG,

A WRITTEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE ION CHAN YING-LUN'S QUESTION ON THE FLEXIBILITY OF SUCH AS APPLIED TO THE TRANSPORT SERVICES BETWEEN SIU SAI WAN AND MTR STATION.

SAID THIS REPLY TO A POLICY CHAI

WAN

SERVED

MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT SIX FRANCHISED BUS ROUTES NOW SIU SAI WAN WHICH ALL PASS CLOSE TO THE CHAI WAN MTR STATION EN ROUTE, PROVIDING A CAPACITY FOR OVER 4,000 PASSENGERS AN HOUR.

WAITING THE AVERAGE

MINUTES.

TIME DURING

'THE MORNING

PEAK

IS SIX

/AS PART

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