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Antiquities excavation licence fee to be increased

The fee payable for the grant or renewal of a licence to excavate and search for antiquities under the Antiquities (Excavation and Search) (Amendment) Regulation 1995 will be increased from $50 to $320 with effect from June 29 this year.

A spokesman for the Recreation and Culture Branch said today (Wednesday) the licence fee had remained at $50 since it was introduced in 1976.

"We therefore propose to increase the fee to $320 to reflect the Government Consumption Expenditure Deflator movement from 1976-77 to 1995-96," he said.

The Antiquities Advisory Board has been consulted and has agreed to the proposed fee increase.

The amendment regulation will be published in the Gazette on Friday.

End/Wednesday, May 24, 1995

More training on computerised school administration system

Thousands of school teachers using the Education Department's computerised school administration system will be trained under a $1.5 million pilot project to set up a regional computer training centre with the assistance of the Hong Kong Baptist University.

A contract was signed today (Wednesday) between the Director of Education, Mr W K Lam, and the President and Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University, Dr Daniel Tse, to expand training facilities for teachers on the School Administration and Management System (SAMS) by setting up a new computer training centre.

Speaking at the contract-signing ceremony, Mr Lam paid tribute to the Hong Kong Baptist University for helping to train up teachers of SAMS schools.

"I look forward to fruitful co-operation with the university and wish our joint venture success," he said.