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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1992

TO BE "THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE ADMINISTRATIVE PREPARATIONS

MORE DETAILS ABOUT DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE COMING FEW MONTHS.

TIME OF THE NEW SOCIAL SECURITY PACKAGE WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEARER THE IMPLEMENTATION,

"DUE

то ADJUSTMENT

AUTOMATICALLY FOR EXISTING RECIPIENTS,

THE LEVEL OF

HE SAID.

WILL BENEFITS

BE MADE

0

MORE TO ENJOY KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION

THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BENEFITING

THE FROM

OF

FEE KINDERGARTEN

CENT TO 11 EDUCATION,

REMISSION SCHEME WILL INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT FIVE PER

OVER

THE NEXT

FIVE

YEARS,

THE

PER CENT MR DOMINIC S W WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

DIRECTOR

THE HONG THESE

SPEAKING AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING DAY OF KONG CHRISTIAN KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, MR WONG SAID

BASED ON THE POINTS CHILDREN WILL ENJOY FULL OR HALF FEE REMISSION SYSTEM USED FOR THE SENIOR SECONDARY FEE REMISSION SCHEME.

IN TERMS OF NUMBER, HE

SAID

OVER 10,000 CHILDREN

WERE NOW

ENJOYING THE SCHEME.

MR WONG SAID THE

CURRICULUM, SCHOOL

ENVIRONMENT,

FACILITIES

AND TEACHER QUALITY WERE THE MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION.

THE QUALITY OF

THE

DEPARTMENT EDUCATION

HAS IMPLEMENTED

SEVERAL

MEASURES

SINCE 1990 TO ENHANCE QUALITY. THESE INCLUDE:

PEGGING CLASS SIZE AT NOT MORE THAN 30 FOR HALF-DAY AND NOT MORE THAN 20 FOR WHOLE-DAY OR NURSERY CLASSES;

CLASSES

KINDERGARTEN

SETTING A RECOMMENDED TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING;

SALARY

SCALE FOR

ALLOWING KINDERGARTENS TO INCREASE FEES IMPROVED SALARIES OF TEACHERS;

IN ORDER TO MEET

IMPLEMENTING THE PER REMISSION SCHEME;

*

PROVIDING KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS; AND

INCENTIVE

TRAINING

COURSES

FOR

ASSISTANT

ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO MONITOR THE KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION.

DEVELOPMENT OF

IMPROVED FEE REMISSION SCHEME,

CONSIDER LEGISLATING

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE IN A POSITION TO MINIMUM PROPORTION OF TRAINED TEACHERS IN EACH KINDERGARTEN,

FOR A MR WONG

SAID.

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