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Table A

Provision of Primary School Places

(1 November 1981 to 31 January 1982)

FCO Tabular Progress Report

1981/82

1982/83

1983/84

1984/85

1985/86

1986/87

1.

#

Estimated population in the 6-11 age group (Note 1)

509000

508100

506700

507400

508400

511600

3. Total provision of places in operating classrooms

only (Note 3)

(a) Government

(b)

Aided

36630

39555

41670

42885

42840

42840

541935

543825

547470

554175

565065

576090

Total

578565

583380

589140

597060

607925

618930

(% of age group)

(114%)

(115%)

(116%)

(118%)

(120%)

(121%)

Notes :

(1)

Based on the 1979 population projection which assumes that the level of legal and illegal immigrants from China will taper off in 1981.

(2) Provision is based on the Primary School Building Programme (January 1982).

7.

(3)

The policy is to provide primary education for every child in the primary school age group (source: 1965 White Paper on Education Policy) and that no child needs to travel more than 0.4 km to school (reference: Hong Kong Outline Plan, Chapter 3). The provision of primary school places on a local-need basis therefore gives rise to a territory-wide overprovision. Nevertheless, at district level, there can be insufficient places e.g. Tuen Mun, and action is in hand to provide additional places to fulfil the policy objective.

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