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better than waiting until the building programme alone can provide the necessary places. It will also mean, at least temporarily, a greater use of non-graduate teachers in the Junior Secondary forms.
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In the Senior Secondary classes (classes IV and V) the aim is to provide places for 40% of the 15-16 year age group by 1979. Secondary schooling will not be free, but the fee remission system will be continued.
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As a result of the change-over from universal primary to universal junior secondary education, it has been decided to abandon the old Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE) at age 11-12, and instead to introduce a new Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) at age 14. This will serve both as a leaving certificate for those who are going no further and as an entrance exam to the Senior Secondary forms.
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The White Paper also recommends that the decision as to whether the language of instruction should be English or Chinese, should be left to individual schools.
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This programme will remove one of the main criticisms of the educational system in Hong Kong, that children who have completed their primary schooling at the age of 12 are left in limbo because there are no secondary school places for them, and they cannot legally start work until the age of 1. As the White Paper points out, the financial burden will be heavy, particularly at a time of financial stringency and when the Government is already committed to a substantial housing and social services
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The Government now house 1.56 million people 38% of the population. They hope to eliminate squatter settlements and all sub-standard housing and to provide, within the next 10 years, self-contained accommodation for every family in Hong Kong. Government's 10-year housing plan involves additional housing for 1.8 million people.
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