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REPLY:

(B)

MR PRESIDENT,

(A)

(B)

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994

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GUIDELINES WILL BE ISSUED TO PUBLISHERS SUGGESTING THE USE OF THE LIGHTER PAPER IN PRINTING TEXTBOOKS AND THE PUBLICATION OF TEXTBOOKS BY VOLUMES SO AS TO THE LOAD OF SCHOOL BAGS CARRIED BY STUDENTS?

LIGHTEN

TO

IS

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AIMS TO PROVIDE LOCKERS ALL GOVERNMENT

PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND AIDED

AND ON THEIR CALLING FOR RETURNS FROM ALL THESE SCHOOLS

TENDERS HAVE REQUIREMENTS.

BEEN INVITED FOR AN INITIAL ORDER OF 36,000 LOCKERS, CATERING FOR 345 SCHOOLS. DELIVERY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN EARLY 1995. THE DEPARTMENT WILL PROGRESSIVELY INCREASE THE SUPPLY BASED ON THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS COMPLETED AFTER SEPTEMBER 1995 WILL ALL BE SUPPLIED WITH LOCKERS AS PART OF THEIR STANDARD EQUIPMENT.

OF

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY MADE SUGGESTIONS TO TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS ON HOW TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT TEXTBOOKS, INCLUDING USING LIGHTER WEIGHT PAPER, ELIMINATING BLANK PAGES OR EXCESSIVE MARGINS, DIVIDING TEXTBOOKS INTO DIFFERENT VOLUMES ETC. PUBLISHERS * REACTION TO THESE PROPOSALS HAS BEEN DEPARTMENT WILL MONITOR IMPROVEMENTS.

POSITIVE.

THE

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AIRPORT

*

*

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP AND A REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

QUESTION: IN VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE UP TO THE PRESENT MOMENT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE SIDE ON THE FINANCING OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY, AND HAVING REGARD TO THE FACT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS OF THE LATTER PROJECT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELAYED FOR ALMOST ONE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SINO-BRITISH ROW, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHETHER:

(A) IT WILL PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPORT

RAILWAY;

(B)

JUDGING FROM THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, IT POSSIBLE

BECOME AND

IS STILL

FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY TO BE COMPLETED AND OPERATIONAL IN PARALLEL WITH THE NEW AIRPORT;

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