WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993
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SHORTFALL OF 241 PRIMARY ONE PLACES IN YUEN LONG
ONLY ONE OF THE FIVE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION (POA) DISTRICTS IN YUEN LONG HAS A POTENTIAL SHORTFALL OF 241 CENTRALLY ALLOCATED PLACES FOR THE 1993/94 SCHOOL YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI- YIN, MR CHAN SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD ASK SCHOOLS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT TO CONSIDER OPERATING ADDITIONAL PRIMARY ONE CLASSES.
OTHER REMEDIAL MEASURES INCLUDE ALLOCATING PLACES IN ADJACENT OR NEARBY POA DISTRICTS AND ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS TO OPERATE THEIR OWN SCHOOL BUS SERVICE IN APPROPRIATE CASES, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN EXPLAINED THAT IN LINE WITH THE TERRITORY-WIDE PRACTICE, UP TO 65 PER CENT OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES IN YUEN LONG WERE FIRST ALLOCATED BY SCHOOLS AT THEIR DISCRETION.
THE BALANCE OF AT LEAST 35 PER CENT IS ALLOCATED CENTRALLY BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
GOVT SUPPORTS DRUG REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES
BY
THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTS NON-PROFIT-MAKING RELIGIOUS BODIES MAKING LAND AND ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT CONCESSIONARY TERMS FOR DRUG DETOXIFICATION AND REHABILITATION CENTRES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ONE WAY IS TO REIMBURSE THE RENT FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR SUCH CENTRES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY SAID THERE WERE TWO PUBLICLY-FUNDED VOLUNTARY DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMMES FOR OPIATE DRUG ABUSERS.
THEY ARE THE OUT-PATIENT METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMME OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE IN-PATIENT TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES OPERATED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS.
"THERE IS ALSO A COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR ABUSERS OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVING A GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION FOR
PURPOSE SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR,
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HE ADDED.
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/MR ASPREY
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