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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1991

CHIEF ENGINEER/DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT,

CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SEVENTH FLOOR, EMPIRE CENTRE, 68 MODY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, KOWLOON.

COMPLETED PREQUALIFICATION SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE LATER THAN NOON ON NOVEMBER 1.

SUBMITTED NOT

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOL ABOLISHED

THE

IN GOVERNOR

COUNCIL HAS

THE ACCEPTED

EDUCATION COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO ABOLISH CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THAT CORPORAL BASIS THAT IT COULD HAVE A

THE COMMISSION HAS PROPOSED IN ITS REPORT NO. 4 PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE ABOLISHED ON THE HARMFUL EFFECT ON CHILDREN.

"DURING ITS DELIBERATIONS ON THE

COMMISSION

PUNISHMENT

TOOK AS

THE ISSUE, AGAINST CORPORAL INTO ACCOUNT THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND WELL AS OVERSEAS AND LOCAL VIEWS ON THE ISSUE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE "AS THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF

COMMISSION BELIEVED THAT SINCE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT COULD HAVE A HARMFUL EFFECT ON CHILDREN AND

A

OPTION SENTENCING

IN THE

THE COURTS, IT HAS BEEN ABOLISHED AS

PUNISHMENT OF PUPILS SHOULD BE COMMISSION PROPOSED THAT ABOLISHED, HE SAID,

ו

CORPORAL

BILL OF

OF

THE

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE RECENT ENACTMENT OF THE RIGHTS MAY HAVE THE

OF EFFECT

REPEALING THOSE PROVISIONS EXISTING EDUCATION REGULATIONS WHICH PERMIT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

OF DOUBT

FOR THE AVOIDANCE

AND ON EDUCATION GROUNDS, RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS RELATING TO PUNISHMENT OF PUPILS HAVE BEEN REPEALED.

THE

CORPORAL

WHICH GIVE EFFECT ABOLITION OF CORPORAL

THE EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1991 RECOMMENDATION

FOR THE

TO THE COMMISSION'S PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS WERE GAZETTED TODAY.

THIS PROPOSAL IS THE FOURTH

SERIES IN A

CONTAINED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. FOR CONSIDERATION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CONSULTATION EXERCISE.

OF RECOMMENDATIONS

4 SUBMITTED TO THE A TWO-MONTH PUBLIC

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