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the Secretary of State recommendations con- ander Report have been what further recom- bects to be implemented
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I refer the hon. Mem- Iven on 22nd December Friend the Member for (Mr. White). My right ious to set up a Scottish nmunity Education as and, following consulta- bodies concerned, it is rther statement can be he year. [Vol. 923, c.
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d the Secretary of State estimate has been made irements in the police ht manning levels to be he absence of overtime
ing: None.
Health Centre ael asked the Secre- Scotland in view of the the favoured sites for Partick Health Centre at a school with swim- I need to be demolished, permission for any such after a replacement pool e area has been opened. Ewing: The education de it clear that the site in
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question will not be released until a replacement swimming pool is available, and has proposed that the cost should be met by the Health Service. Although, in these circumstances, it is unlikely that Partick Health Centre will be built in that location, negotiations are still con- tinuing.
Teachers
Mr. Donald Stewart asked the Secre- tary of State for Scotland how many trained teachers are unemployed in Scot- land at the last count.
Mr. Golding: I have been asked to reply.
At 10th March, the latest date for which information is available, 580 un- employed people were
were registered at employment offices in Scotland for em- ployment as school teachers.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
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48. Sir Anthony Royle asked the Sec- retary of State for Foreign and Com- monwealth Affairs what was the popula- tion of Hong Kong, the annual exports figure and the Hong Kong Government's budget for 1952; what are the figures for population, annual exports and budget for 1977; if he will outline the Hong Kong Government's programme from 1977 to 1983 setting out the details of the expected growth in communications, new towns, social programmes, housing, education, hospitals, clinics, &c.; and how the programme from 1977 to 1983 will be financed.
Mr. Luard: The population of Hong Kong in 1952 was 2∙126 million and in 1976, the last date for which figures are available, 4-443 million.
Annual exports, including re-exports, were HK$2,899 million in 1952 and HK$41,557 million in 1976.
The budget was HK$288 million in 1952-53 and HK$8,245 million in 1977-78.
79 new secondary schools will be com- pleted between 1977 and 1981. These and other measures will enable every primary school leaver from 1978 onwards to have at least three years' secondary
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education. A new technical institute will be opened this year and another in 1979, and places for a further 10,000 full-time or part-time students will be provided at the Hong Kong Polytechnic by 1980-81. An additional 1,800 places will be pro- vided at the two universities in Hong Kong over the same period.
Three major hospitals will be opened between 1977 and 1984: a mental hospi- tal with 1,300 beds; a teaching hospital with 1,200 beds; and a district hospital with 1,200 beds. A health centre which will provide 210 additional beds and special rehabilitation facilities will be completed in 1981. In all, the number of hospital beds will be increased from 19,063 at present to 23,594 by 1984. The completion of five new clinics and three poly-clinics in the next five years will in- crease the total number of consulting rooms from 227 at present to 305 by 1983. New public housing will be completed for approximately 1,330,000 persons by 1983.
revenue.
The programmes outlined above are currently being financed from general It is expected that there will be a shortfall of HK$650 million in 1978-79 and another of HK$200 million in 1979-80. If necessary, these shortfalls may be met by borrowings on capital account or by drawing on the fiscal
reserves.
Ambassadorial Appointments
Mr. Tebbit asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in cases where persons are appointed as ambassadors from outside the Diplomatic Service, in what way the period of such appointments is agreed and what provi- sions are made for compensation in the event of such an office being prematurely terminated.
Dr. Owen: There is no standard period for which persons appointed as ambassa- dors from outside the Diplomatic Service are appointed. The term of appointment is agreed in the same way as that for any other contract appointment in the Diplo- matic Service, subject to a maximum of five years. It is normally subject to a short period of notice from either side. Provision for compensation in the event of premature termination of an appoint- ment depends on the terms of the contract in each individual case.
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