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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992

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"FURTHERMORE, THE WHOLE PROCESS OF SEA FISH DISHES PREPARATION, INCLUDING CLEANING BY FRESH TAP WATER, DEGUTTING AND COOKING, ELIMINATE THE RISK OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION.

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IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONDUCT REGULAR INSPECTIONS RESTAURANTS ΤΟ ENSURE A HIGH STANDARD OF HYGIENIC PRACTICES RESTAURANTS.

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THEY ALSO COLLABORATE ORGANISING REGULAR HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE FOOD BUSINESS.

MORE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN TSEUNG KWAN O

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SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THREE NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND TWO NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT IN TSEUNG KWAN O IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IN ADDITION, TWO EXISTING SECONDARY REPROVISIONED AND EXPANDED.

SCHOOLS WILL BE

"THESE CHANGES WILL ENABLE AN ADDITIONAL 5,850 PRIMARY AND 3,570 SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN TO STUDY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SAID.

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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG KAM- HO, MR CHAN SAID OUT OF A TOTAL POPULATION OF 93,870 IN TSEUNG KWAN 0, INCLUDING TIU KENG LENG, 12,580 CHILDREN ARE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE AND 8.090 OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE.

THESE COMPARE WITH 13,950 AND 3,450 PLACES RESPECTIVELY AVAILABLE NOW IN THE EIGHT PRIMARY AND FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IN THE DISTRICT,

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A THEORETICAL SHORTFALL OF SOME 4,500 PLACES WITHIN TSEUNG KWAN O, MR CHAN NOTED THAT SOME STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE OPTED TO ENTER EMPLOYMENT AFTER SECONDARY 3 WHILE SOME OF THOSE WHO HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO THE DISTRICT MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN THEIR OLD SCHOOLS.

MR CHAN SAID UNDER EXISTING POLICY, THOSE WHO REQUIRED PLACES IN TSEUNG KWAN O BUT WHO WERE NOT ALLOCATED WITH SUCH PLACES WERE ACCOMMODATED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN NEARBY DISTRICTS, SUCH AS KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN.

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