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(b) As explained in the introductory paragraph, all existing primary (499) and secondary (369) schools in the public sector need to be brought up to the improved standard.

(c) We are not able to provide names of those schools whose designs fall short of the improved standard by the widest margin as we do not have precise information on the total floor area and open playground area per student of every school in Hong Kong. In general, the majority of the schools whose designs are significantly below the latest standard have been included in the early phases of the School Improvement Programme.

(d) We aim to bring all existing public sector schools to the improved standard by 2003 under the School Improvement Programme; the first two phases involving 240 schools are already in progress and expected to be completed by 1997.

(e) The majority of those public sector schools which are significantly below the improved standard have already been included in the early phases of the School Improvement Programme. For those schools found not feasible for improvement works because of physical and technical constraints, consideration would be given to upgrading the environment of these schools on a case by case basis through other appropriate measures such as reduction of school size or relocation.