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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992

11 THIS PLAN HAS HE SAID:

BEEN PROPOSED AFTER EXHAUSTIVE EXAMINATION OF ALTERNATIVES AND IS CONSIDERED THE ONLY

REALISTIC AND NECESSARY SAVINGS, WHILE LEAST

WAY TO PRODUCE THE DISRUPTIVE MINIMISING ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROVIDED.'

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PLAN WAS NOT SEEN BY MR CHAN NOTED THAT THE

THOSE BODIES

A CONSULTED

POSITIVE STEP AS

BUT

THERE WAS

GENERAL THAT

ALSO PROBABLY UNAVOIDABLE MEASURE ACCEPTANCE THAT IT WAS A REALISTIC AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WITH INTERESTED

PARTIES, THE FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF ARE STILL

"FOLLOWING INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ORIGINAL PLAN HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO CATER PUPILS MOST IN NEED OF TEACHERS SUPPORT. THESE DISCUSSIONS ON-GOING," HE SAID,

PARENT

ASSOCIATIONS

AND THE

PUBLIC

GENERAL

HAD NOT BEEN THE PROPOSED CHANGES INVOLVE CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY PARTLY BECAUSE

WHICH MAY OR TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEMS

BECAUSE AND PARTLY INDIVIDUALLY,

SCHOOLS AND MAY NOT AFFECT THEM

THE GOVERNMENT CONSULTED BY OTHER

ALREADY REPRESENTATIVE BODIES

GENERAL THRUST OF PROVIDE AMPLE CHANNELS FOR PARENTAL VIEWS ON THE THE PROPOSAL TO BE AIRED, THE SECRETARY ADDED.

OVER 1,000 SCHOOLS RUN BY SPONSORING BODIES IN 1991/92

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A TOTAL OF 449 SPONSORING BODIES

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT SECONDARY AND 553 PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE RUN BY 287 DURING THE 1991/92 SCHOOL YEAR.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG, HE SAID 39 SCHOOLS HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO 28 SPONSORS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

OF THESE APPLICATIONS, 13 WERE APPROVED IN ONE YEAR: 14 IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS; EIGHT IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS, AND FOUR TOOK 10 OR MORE YEARS TO BE APPROVED.

THE

ON THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVING SPONSORING BODIES' APPLICATIONS TO RUN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT APPLICANT MUST BE PROPERLY INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT-MAKING BODY AND BE EXEMPTED FROM TAXES UNDER SECTION 88 OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE.

HE ADDED THAT

ITS

SHOULD INCLUDE STANDARD DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION CLAUSES AND ARTICLES SPECIFIED

BY THE

/WHEN THESE