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in addition to the recurrent library grant normally payable to all aided.

schools and assessed according to approved enrolment at current rates.

5.28

Under the codes of aid a teacher who does not contribute to

the government-administered provident funds but who contributes to another

provident or superannuation fund approved by the Director may on submission

of original receipts in respect of his contributions to such fund receive

from the government a donation in respect of 50 per cent of the total con-

tribution to such fund or 5 per cent of his basic salary in Hong Kong, which-

ever is the less. In practice, however, this arrangement is rarely made.

5.29 The codes of aid relating to special education reflect the

varying needs of the handicapped according to the type or degree of

disability: in general the codes provide for more favourable staff ratios,

smaller classes and the employment, as appropriate, of paramedical staff,

school social workers and additional minor staff.

5.30

Accounting and control procedures are specified in some detail

in the codes of aid: these may be varied slightly from time to time in

All codes of aid are currently

the light of operating experience.

undergoing a complete review to ensure that they can be effectively

applied without excessively complex administrative procedures and to reflect

general educational developments in recent years. The requirements of

the Independent Commission Against Corruption that public-sector

accounting procedures should as far as possible eliminate opportunities for

corrupt practices has however tended to make the administration of the

codes more complex and time-consuming.

5.31 It is too early to state what changes are likely to result from

the present review of the codes of aid, as formal consultation with schools

councils, associations and other interested bodies is still proceeding on

points of detail. It is possible that the new system of financing for the

English schools operated by the English Schools Foundation could be

extended to other groups of aided schools if they preferred this to the