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Question No. 9

Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, JP, Director of Education, to a Legislative Council Question by the Hon. YEUNG Po-kwan, CPM on 15 May 1985

Question:

What measures will Government take to simplify and speed up the application procedures for major repair works in subvented schools or bodies?

Sir,

The present procedures for major repair projects in

aided schools are designed to provide a system which combines

expeditious carrying out of repairs with adequate monitoring

to ensure effective use of public funds. The system is under

constant review and only recently improvements were made to

enable technical problems to be more quickly resolved and

interim payments more quickly made.

To see if any further improvements can be made, a

meeting will shortly be held between the schools' councils

and representatives of the Government departments involved.

In addition to improving the current system, it

is intended to launch a pilot scheme in the next financial

year in which the Government will take over responsibility

for major repair projects in selected aided primary schools.

If this scheme proves to be practicable, consideration would

be given to extending it to other aided schools.