per annum. recurrent expenditure.
The introduction of compulsory primar
education has been considered but the bi-sessional
system of primary schools, which is necessary to
cope with the numbers, renders truancy difficult
to identify. Proposals, however, are being put tq
forward to introduce legislation under which
parents who refuse to send their children to
school can be compelled to do so.
Public Assistance
The present public assistance
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scheme provides rations for some 7,500 families
and individuals at an annual cost of $5 million
but it is now proposed to change over to cash
payments enabling recipients to relate their
expenditure to their particular needs. Arrange-
ments are being made for the secondment of an
official from the British Government to Hong Kong
to advise and assist in the introduck of the
new scheme.
Health Services
Poduct of the
Health services in Hong Kong are better than int
any other Asian territory. The standard of
medicine is exceptionally high and in some
specialities, for example general surgery and
radiology, the Colony has doctors equal to the
best in the world. In 1969 there were 3.97
hospital beds per thousand of population and it
is expected that the target of 4.25 beds per
thousand will be achieved by 1972 at the end of
the current 10 year development programme. The
policy of the Government is to provide directly
or indirectly low cost or free medical and personal
health services to those who cannot afford to pay.
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