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this might well be not far short of the total

of those wanting to proceed beyond Form/Middle III;

(viii) senior secondary courses to follow curricula leading

to the HKCE in Form/Middle V; one third of pupils entering Form /Middle IV to obtain places in Form/

Middle VI;

(ix) selection and allocation procedures for the senior

secondary course to be conducted by the Education

Department, based on the results of the proposed

Junior Certificate of Education; as far as possible

children so selected to proceed to Form/Middle IV

in the senior section of the same school;

(x) technical education to be emphasised, the basic

nine years course to have a practical and technical

content of 25 30 per cent; the curriculum for the

two-year senior secondary curriculum in technical

schools to be revised to give more emphasis to

technical subjects;

(xi) existing and planned prevocational schools to

continue as such for as long as they attracted

pupils, and to be allowed to accept children living

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anywhere in the territory; The White Paner stated that prevocational education (by means of three-year secondary courses) was not regarded as the most

appropriate answer to the needs of a community as developed as Hong Kong, considering the extensive

facilities for post-secondary technical education and vocational training being built.]