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Wodnosday, March 25, 1970
"As the Financial Socrotary has said, this shows how expansivo is tho continuation of our existing policios of oducational expansion in a young and growing community.
"It has also to be romamborod that our prosent teaching forco is young and ovon if wo did not build anothor school, tho axpondituro on oducation would continuo to rise, as the toachors move through their incromontal scalos," ho commontod.
Now Aims
On post-primary education, Mr. Canning said his department had boon giving caroful considoration in the last fow months to proposals dovising "now aims" in this fiold, and ho hopod soon to bo able to sock the advice of the Board of Education.
"As is usual in those matters, those plans when they aro proparod will bo submitted to the Exocutivo Council and tho approval of this Council will be sought for tho expenditure involvod," he said, strossing that tho
ho ordorly expansion of an education systom roquírod that tho major foaturos bo kopt in a propor balanco.
On compulsory primary oducation, ho quotod from tho conclusions roachod by a comatteo of the Board of Education rooontly sot up.
Those advocated the introduction of froo primary education in the noar futuro, but did not favour a system of compulsory primary education, bocauso socio-economic conditions in Hong Kong made it nocossary for tho childron of many people of proper primary school ago to work full-timo oarming wagos.
/Tho committoo
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