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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991

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10 MORE SECONDARY AND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS PLANNED FOR YUEN LONG

THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD NINE SECONDARY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG IN THE NEXT FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SCHOOLS

THE DECADE, CHAN, INFORMED THE

AND ONE SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE

THESE SCHOOLS, ALMOST ALL IN TIN PROVIDE 11,600 SCHOOL PLACES.

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ARE WAI,

EXPECTED

TO

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REPLY TO A IN A WRITTEN

QUESTION BY THE HON NOT POSSIBLE MING-YUM, MR CHAN SAID IT WAS

TO GIVE THE ESTIMATED DECADE DEMAND FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN THE DISTRICT IN THE NEXT "SINCE DEMAND FIGURES ARE CALCULATED FOR THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS".

AND

ΤΟ

AS A

HE SAID THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME WAS CLOSELY MONITORED ENSURE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOL PLACES IN THE TERRITORY WHOLE WAS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE DEMAND OF ALL DISTRICTS AT ALL TIMES.

MADE IS

"EVERY EFFORT

TO MINIMISE DISTRICT IMBALANCES SITING NEW SCHOOLS IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED OR BY ADJUSTING SCHOOL NETS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES.

"HOWEVER,

ΤΟ

BY

THE

OF

FREQUENT

BALANCE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE A COMPLETE DEMAND SUPPLY AND

IN BACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT DUE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, MR CHAN SAID.

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AT PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN YUEN LONG.

AND 13 AIDED SECONDARY

IN SPITE OF THE APPARENT OVER-SUPPLY OF PLACES AT LEVEL, ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE OR WILL HAVE FLOATING HELP TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL OF PLACES IN TUEN MUN,

SECONDARY

1 CLASSES WHICH

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SCHOOLS ADVISED ON TEXTBOOKS SELECTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS

THE

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAS ACCEPTED A PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC) ON HOW SCHOOLS SELECT TEXTBOOKS AND ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM PUBLISHERS.

SCHOOLS WILL BE ADVISED OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN A CIRCULAR TO BE ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

/HE SAID