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easily accessible.

of these schools is There would be a transport problem;

(b)

none

(c)

(d)

(e)

(E)

schools

the local schools are village

without standard facilities such as laboratories and special rooms; they would not materially improve the standard of education;

as

most children

will be resettled outside Hong Kong in due course, there is little merit in integrating them into the local education system;

the refugee children would have to continue to be taught in Vietnamese in separate classes. Vietnamese teachers would also have to be taken outside the closed centres; and

there may be strong objection from the management committees of the local schools and the local

parents.

Option 2 would solve the problems set out in paragraph 25(a), (b) and (c); but those of curriculum and integration with local children would remain.

in

the catchment

area form

Given the small number of

new of such the majority.

primary Local

pupils living schools, refugee children would parents might then be reluctant to send their children to the schools.

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As the major resettlement

countries

are

years.

3 Option English-speaking this option would prepare children for future schooling abroad. But few children would satisfy the language requirement for entry

Schools. to English School Foundation Nor is there any guarantee that all refugees will be resettled: nearly 2,000 have been bere for more

five than Secondly, ESF schools do not have the necessary spare capacity. Thirdly, ESF tuition fees are high. There would be a severe burden on refugee parents or any agency which might meet them. The commuting problem would be greater even than in the previous two options because there are only eight ESF primary schools and four ESF secondary schools. The ESF school parents might resent a large number of refugee children (to judge from their attitude to

to children of non-English-speaking minorities who have attended ESF schools.)

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present

system

of

to enrich the

the While continuing Option 4 educating refugee children inside the closed centres, measures to improve the quality of the education and children's experience outside the centre could be introduced. The following have been considered

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