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District

Table 1: Demand and Supply of Primary School Places (September, 1985)

Demand

(Population aged 6-11 plus 3% repeaters)

Supply

(No. of places in both operating and vacant classrooms at 80

places per classroom)

Surplus (+)/Shortfall(-)

(No. of places)

Central & Western

22934

24640

Wan Chai

15453

26080

+1706

+10627

Eastern

40785

41760

+975

Southern

21546

29280

+7734

Yau Ma Tei

10407

18480

+8073

Mong Kok

15452

21920

+6468

Sham Shui Po

31333

41520

+10187

Kowloon City

35168

40800

+5632

Wong Tai Sin

31834

58400

+26566

Kwun Tong

58452

92240

+33788

Tsuen Wan

22464

33360

+10896

Kwai Chung & Tsing Yi

41876

73760

+31884

Tuen Mun

44354

60080

+15726

Sha Tin

47011

50560

+3549

Tai Po

15849

25600

+9751

North

17667

30080

+12413

Yuen Long

26157

38320

+12163

Sai Kung (Junk Bay)

4067

8240

+4173

Islands

4672

10480

+5808

Total

Note:

507481

725600

+218119

(or 2726 classroom-

equivalents)

If in calculating supply, only the places in operating classrooms are taken into account (i.e. excluding vacant classrooms), the number of surplus places is only 43170 or 540 classroom-equivalents).