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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

THOSE EMPLOYED TO CARRY OUT INSPECTIONS ON BEHALF OF OWNERS COULD BE EXPECTED TO PERFORM TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND SET REASONABLE CHARGES; BUT THERE WOULD BE A DEGREE OF MONITORING BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, PARTICULAR IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PROGRAMME, MR EASON NOTED.

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TO THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS IN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT WHICH WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW REQUIREMENT, MR EASON SAID IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE ABOUT 800 BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE DETAILED INSPECTIONS.

SIX-YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR SCHOOLS JOINING

DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME

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AN AIDED SCHOOL JOINING THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME (DSS) WILL A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD OF SIX YEARS BEFORE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL IS UP OF STUDENTS PAYING DSS FEES, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID.

HAVE MADE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON STEPHEN NG MING-YUM AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR CHAN SAID UPON AN AIDED SCHOOL JOINING THE

DSS, ONLY STUDENTS AT ENTRY LEVEL, THAT IS, SECONDARY 1, HAD TO PAY DSS FEES.

"OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAD ENTERED THE SCHOOL PREVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO PAY NO FEES, OR STANDARD FEES, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF STUDY," HE SAID.

AT PRESENT,

SECONDARY 1 TO SECONDARY 3 IN AIDED SCHOOLS ARE FREE OF CHARGE, WHILE SECONDARY 4 AND ABOVE CHARGE STANDARD FEES DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

IN THE CASE OF A DSS SCHOOL, ALL STUDENTS PAY FEES AT AN AMOUNT SET BY THE SCHOOL.

MR CHAN ALSO SAID ALL DSS SCHOOLS HAD THE FREEDOM TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN PROCEDURES FOR THE SELECTION AND ADMISSION OF SECONDARY 1 STUDENTS, SUBJECT ΤΟ MONITORING BY DEPARTMENT.

THE EDUCATION

THE SECONDARY 1 CLASSES WILL OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DSS IN THE FIRST YEAR, WHILE THE HIGHER FORMS CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED ON AN AIDED BASIS.

MR CHAN SAID: "THE LATTER ARE PROGRESSIVELY TURNED INTO DSS CLASSES OVER A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD OF SIX YEARS."

/"THE SCHOOL