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District

Table 2 Demand and Supply of Secondary School Places (September, 1985)

(2)

Demand

(Population (No. of places

Supply (No. of places)

es)

Surplus (+)/Shortfall(-)

(No. of places)

aged 12-18) required) (1)

Central & Western

29178

20164

31661

+11497

Wan Chai

21664

14971

32687

+17716

Eastern

51037

35270

33397

-1873

Southern

31385

21689

14909

-6780

Yau Ma Tei

17023

11764

21380

+9616

Mong Kok

23212

16041

14268

-1773

Sham Shui Po

43531

30083

40253

+10170

Kowloon City

49199

34000

58111

+24111

Wong Tai Sin

47795

33030

29479

-3551

Kwun Tong

81114

56056

38652

-17404

Tsuen Wan

29205

20183

16484

-3699

Kwai Chung & Tsing Yi 63035

43562

41592

-1970

Tuen Mun

25007

17282

19450

+2168

Sha Tin

34881

24105

22620

-1485

Tai Po

12031

8314

11127

+2813

North

14895

10293

10159

-134

Yuen Long

24691

17063

19144

+2081

Sai Kung (Junk Bay)

4627

3198

3875

+677

Islands

5290

3656

3170

-486

Total

608800

420724

462418

+41694

Note 1:

Note 2

The number of places required is calculated on the basis of 1 class (38.7 places is the weighted average class size for Form 1-7) for every 56 persons aged 12-18 in accordance with the Hong Kong Standards and Guidelines (taking account of differing levels of provision in Forms 1-3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 7).

: Including the maximum capacity of Form 1-3 places that the Government

could buy from private independent schools participating in the Bought Place Scheme. However, not all of these places were actually bought because of the increasing supply of Government and aided secondary school places.

Note 3 An overall surplus of places, as in the case of Tuen Mun, may mask a

current shortfall in Forms 1-3.