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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG

SCHOOL FEES

FEBRUARY 1972

DEFENSIVE

1. There are 8 English schools in the Colony,

6 primary and 2 secondary. These schools are

attended mostly by expatriate children but they

also attract a considerable number of English-

speaking Chinese children.

2. In May 1971, the Hong Kong Government

announced that from the beginning of the 1971/72

school year the annual fees would be increased

from HK$480 to HK$1,500 at these primary schools

and from HK$1,500 to HK$3,000 at the secondary

This increase was necessary because

schools.

the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council

wished to implement the policy adopted in principle

by the Government in 1965 which provided that the

level of subsidy from public funds should be

the same for all schools (English or Chinese)

of the same educational standard.

Owing largely

to the higher salaries drawn by expatriate teachers

the cost of running the English schools is about

3 times the cost of running the equivalent Chinese

schools.

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