Form III in these and in other private non profit-making schools have operated without recurrent finance from the Government. The Government intends to reduce the number of Form I-III classes in these schools and to increase the number of Form IV-V classes. The Government will also begin to buy Form IV-V places in these and in other private non profit-making schools and to extend the per caput grant to these senior forms. This measure will help to ensure that students in the asymmetrical schools are not at a disadvantage in proceeding to senior secondary education. In the resulting structure approximately two-thirds of the Forms IV and V places will be in fully aided schools and the remaining third in per caput grant schools; the different levels of assistance to each type of school is a matter for future review.
4.5
In the period after 1981, the number of Form IV-V places will be held constant, even though the population in the 15-16 year old age group will fall. This will represent
a further departure from the 1974 White Paper, in which it was envisaged that the total number of subsidised senior secondary places would be reduced in line with the drop in the population. As a result of the new proposal, there will be a subsidised Form IV place, with subsequent progression to Form V, for some 63% of the 15 year old population in 1986.
4.6
There will be other opportunities for the Form III leaver to continue his education with assistance from the Government. These will consist principally of courses in technical institutes. In the 1977-78 session, with the opening of the Haking Wong Technical Institute, there are some 1,530 full-time and a further 7,750 part-time day or evening first year places in technical institutes available for the Form III leaver. By the time that the Kowloon Tong Technical Institute and the annex to Morrison Hill Technical Institute (both due to be completed in September 1979) become fully operational, there will be some 2,640 such full-time and 10,060 part-time places, together meeting the educational demand from nearly 14% of the 15 year old population in 1981. The Government proposes to continue its expansion programme for technical institutes by building a new institute at Tuen Mun in the early 1980's, provided that industry shows its support for the five earlier technical institutes by releasing its young apprentices to enrol in the craft courses, and if a local institute is required to support the developing
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