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care of one another. Others who cannot be on their own should

Still others may be placed in homes for the aged or hostels.

be suitably moved to a care-and-attention home or an infirmary because of failing health.

The joint efforts of several departments are required to solve this problem, including the Social Welfare Department, the Housing Department, the Medical and Health Department and I hope that the the City and New Territories Administration. Social Welfare Department would take the lead in co-ordinating the planning and implementation of a programme to rehouse these

elderly persons.

Primary Education

The quality of primary education has long been the concern of educators and parents. The proposal for a Bachelor of Education degree course in primary education has been put

Both the Panel of Visitors forward by various groups before.

and the Education Commission suggested that such a course should be introduced to upgrade the standard of primary education. The course will also help to train senior teachers and principals for leadership and management roles in primary

schools.

In the The cost for the programme is quite modest. first year of operation, three instructors and one support

As the course staff are required at the cost of $1.7 million. grows to maturity in its third year, an establishment of six instructors and a small support staff is needed at a cost of $3.5 million. The proposed annual intake is 30 students and most of them will be Senior Assistant Masters and Principal

Assistant Masters.

The proposed course might upset the present administrative differentiation between graduate teachers and non-graduate teachers. However, from the educational point of view, the merits of the course far outweight any administrative