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interest to the general public and to persons or groups with particular

interests in education in Hong Kong. The report will be published in

both Chinese and English versions, together with the Panel's own report

and account of the final review meeting to be held in April 1982.

4.

In its present form the background report is divided into

two parts. The first part covers five main areas: (i) brief introductory

comments on the Hong Kong social, cultural and economic background,

together with an account of the main characteristics of the education

system (chapters 1 and 2); (ii) the administration, policy planning and

financing of education (chapters 3, 4 and 5); (iii) tertiary education

and teacher education (chapter 6); (iv) the establishment and maintenance

of standards in the school system (chapter 7); and (v) prospects for the

future development of education (chapter 8). The second part consists

of appendices to the main report: these include an account of the

development of education policy from 1963 to 1980 and a description of

the various selection and allocation procedures of the school system.

Copies of all major policy documents concerning education which have

been issued since 1963 have been made available to the Panel of Visitors,

and these will be supplemented by the forthcoming White Paper on Primary

Education and Pre-primary Services, and by the report of the Committee to

Review Post-Secondary and Technical Education, as soon as they become

available.

Government Secretariat June, 1981

K.W.J. TOPLEY

Secretary for Education (designate)