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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1992

THE REVISED FEES ARE CHARGED ON A FULL COST RECOVERY BASIS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INFLATION RATE SINCE THE FEES WERE LAST JUNE 1989.

REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THE FOLLOWING NEW CHARGES WILL APPLY:

APPROXIMATE HEIGHT

(MM)

150 TO 300

301 TO 600

601 TO 1,750

UNIT PRICE

($)

6.5

13.5

20.0

AND

SET IN

SEEDLINGS

PREVIOUS FEES FOR THIS SERVICE WERE SET IN SEPTEMBER 1990, SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ADDED THAT A LIST OF THE SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE SALE AND ORDERING PROCEDURES MAY BE OBTAINED APPLICATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.

THE VARIOUS REVISIONS OF FEES WERE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

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SCHOOLS GIVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY AND ROOM FOR INITIATIVE

THE

AND

ON

THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO EXTEND THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (SMI) SCHEME THROUGHOUT PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS WITHIN A FEW YEARS.

HAVE TAKEN

AT PRESENT, 21 VOLUNTEER-AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS PART IN THE FIRST PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NEW INITIATIVE.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS SELECTED 10 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND IS INVITING MORE AIDED SCHOOLS TO JOIN THE SECOND STAGE IMPLEMENTATION WHICH WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

OF

AIDED PRIMARY SEPTEMBER CHAN, SAID

"THE SCHEME WILL BE EXTENDED TO GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER 1993 AND FURTHER TO SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN 1994, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR TODAY (FRIDAY).

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"INEVITABLY THERE WILL BE TEETHING

BUT

JOHN

PROBLEMS STAGES,

IN THE EARLY WITH GOODWILL AND THE COMMITMENT BDUCATION,

TO PROVIDE QUALITY IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO EXTEND SMI IN A TRIED AND MANNER TO ALL OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

TESTED PRIMARY AS WELL SECONDARY

AS WITHIN A FEW YEARS,

++ HE ADDED.

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MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE PO LEUNG KUK DIRECTORS' LUNCHEON.

EXPLAINING THE