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The White Paper is primarily concerned with services to

children in the age range 3 to 11 years. Certain aspects of the care of 2-year

olds are considered, but services to children below the age of 2 years have

not been dealt with as these very young children require services of a

different order. The proposals in this White Paper have been developed

in the context of Chinese schools. The special needs of English-speaking

children have not been examined, but it is intended that the existing

policy of parity of subsidy should continue to apply to them where

appropriate.

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Some of the measures which have been included represent

significant improvements over the original Green Paper proposals. The

principal changes include:

(i)

an improved provision of basic equipment

and consumables for primary schools

(Chapter 4);

(ii)

the building of central primary schools

in some remote districts of the

New Territories (Chapter 5);

(iii)

an improved staffing formula for primary

schools (Chapter 6);

(iv)

a revised scheme for the control of entry

to primary schools (Chapter 7);

(v)

an improved fee assistance scheme for

children attending kindergartens and

child care centres (Chapter 8).

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