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PROF. POON : Sir, my question has been partially asked by

Mrs. FAN, but I want to ask a bit further. Would the

Secretary inform this Council whether the Government

it fair to apply differential benefit treatment between

teachers in the Government and those in the aided sector

since all teachers are doing the same job?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Yes, I think

fairness does not necessarily imply uniformity and

not think it makes sense for the aided sector to have

identical terms with the Government sector when the

Government sector is SO comparatively

small, and the

by other factors

Government sector itself is controlled by other

because there are uniform conditions of service throughout

the whole Government service. Many of these terms are not

directly related to the teaching service.

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