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Supplementary to question No. 13

in the Legislative Council on 6th February 1985

Mr. P.K. Yeung:- Sir, will the Secretary for Security state the

financial loss incurred by Government in this burglary case, and

to prevent future financial losses will Government consider

insuring expensive computer equipment in schools?

Secretary for Security:- Taking this slightly outside the area

of the Secretary for Security, my understanding is that the

value of this computer equipment that disappeared or was burgled

from the Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute was $380,000.

Whether

the cost is borne by the Hong Kong Government or by some other

institution or by someone else in the private sector I don't know.

As regards insurance it is of course a well established Government

policy to bear its own insurance as far as its own equipment is

concerned and that presumably is the policy that will apply to

government schools. As regards aided schools and other institutions

that are not fully controlled by the Government there seems to

be some doubt as to precisely what the policy is on insurance and

this doubt is now being looked at again.

Mr. P.K. Yeung:- Sir, how many government schools have two quarters

for junior staff to live on site?

Secretary for Security:- Sir, I shall have to admit defeat but I

will try and answer the question in writing.