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the completion of a sixth technical institute

at Tuen Mun;

(vii) the capacity of the adult education centres

under the control of the Education Department

to be expanded or contracted in accordance

with demand;

(viii) a centralised system of selection and allocation

for Form/Middle III leavers wishing to continue

their education in public-sector schools or

technical institutes to be introduced in 1981

(replacing the Hong Kong Junior Certificate of

Education proposed in the 1974 White Paner); a

review to be conducted in 1983 to assess the

effectiveness of these arrangements;

(ix)

specific measures to be taken to enable suitable

disabled students to continue their education

beyond Form/Middle III in senior secondary

classes or in technical institutes;

(x)

(xi)

free and compulsory education not to be extended

beyond the junior secondary stage: standard senior

secondary fees to be increased to more realistic

levels (from $400 p.a. in Forms/Middle IV - V to

$600, by stages; from $450 p.a. in Form/Middle VI

to $800 by stages; non-standard fees (mainly in

urban areas) to be brought into line);

subsidised sixth-form places to be made available

for up to one-third of students entering subsidised

Form/Middle IV places two years previously, provided

that the schools considered them to be suitable

academically; It was noted that there had been