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Question No. 5

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

on 12 June 1985

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Question :

Will Government make a statement on how and when the proposed centralised primary school is to be established in North District?

sir,

As part of its policy to improve the quality of

education in the rural areas, the Government intends to introduce

central primary schools by combining a number of small rural

schools in the neighbouring areas, subject to the acceptance of

such a scheme by the school authorities concerned. One such

school was successfully established at Ho Chung in Sai Kung in

1984. The one proposed for North District is another one in the

series.

In the case of North District, the Government proposes

to combine five small rural schools in the neighbouring area

into one, using the existing premises of one of these schools

which is centrally located and can be suitably renovated for

this purpose.

Because of the very small size of the total

enrolment in these five schools, a new school project is not

considered justified.

In line with previous practice, the full consent and

acceptance of the scheme by the school managers is to be obtained

before the scheme can be implemented.

Consultation with them

began in February this year. Because of the unfavourable reaction

from the school managers to being reconstituted into a new

/management