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b)

5.

However, this

by the Hong Kong Government. responsibility will shortly be taken over by the Hong Kong International Social Service (HKISS). (The Salvation Army will continue to provided other social services within the centre.) HKISS

plans to provide education on

a 4 hour, bi-sessional basis, from September this year.

to

closed

At the Cape Collinson and Hei Ling Chau centres, education is provided by the World Relief voluntary agency.

World Relief have agreed to increase their services in both camp s two daily 4-hour sessions. At Cape Collinson

the new arrangements will take effect from September.

At He i Ling Chau sessions will initially be increased from 2 to 3 hours, rising gradually to 4 hours next year.

To make these improvements possible, the Hong Kong Government have provided 6 extra classrooms for both the

Bowring and Chi Ma Wan centres,

one dormitory building into

Collinson.

(Conversion of the

completed by

by September 1985, but

and

propose to convert

classrooms

a t Cape

dormitory should be

this will depend on

resettlement being maintained at a sufficient rate for

the population of the centre to fall to 500 from its present level of 600.)

6.

In each of the closed camps the voluntary agencies provide kindergarten classes and playschools the younger children.

also

for

Adult education

7.

Adult education

training, which i s

employment in all

Classes in other subjects are demands the refugees themselves. on the subjects taught to

concentrates ОП English language

seen as a prerequisite for obtaining

the main resettlement countries.

arranged to meet the

They are usually based children, and include