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Committee which was formed in December 1974 to deal with

schools trading activities and textbooks has been an effective

instrument in rectifying and preventing malpractices. This

Committee should continue to be supported. In this connection

we also recommend that where any trading activity

takes place at a school, in the absence of specific evidence

to the contrary, the Education Department should assume

that such operations are conducted by the school. Further-

more, periodic checks thereon should be carried out to ensure

that the Code of Practice recommended by the Consumer Council

is followed. There is also merit, we feel, in the proposal

of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the ICAC that

aided schools be included in the Schedule of Public Bodies

attached to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. We recommend

that the Government give favourable consideration to this proposal, on the assumption that the related legal problems

can be resolved.

52.

We recommend that the status and functions of the

Code of Aid, in relation to the Education Ordinance, be

reviewed to ensure an unambiguous and uniform standard of

enforcement. In particular, we feel that the roles and

functions of the supervisor, members of the Management

Committee, the principal and the teachers should be more

clearly defined. The Education Department should also

encourage, as much as possible, members on Management Commi-

ttees of schools to take a closer interest in the running of

their schools.

53.

We believe that operating secondary schools has

become increasingly complex. As in so many other fields

of activities, updating of skills and capabilities are

/constantly