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Written answers to questions

Financial implicatim

Question No. 8

chines

an additional graduate teacher

in secondary schotten reply by the

Secretary for Education and Manpower to a question by the Hon Mrs Rita Fan in the Legislative Council on

on 8 June 1988

Question;

8. MRS. FAN asked:

Will

Government inform this Council of the total cost of providing an additional graduate teacher for Chinese in every secondary school with 18

with 18 classes or mor e for the financial year 1988X89 and for subsequent years?

Answer

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:

¿ sir,

The latest

latest estimate of the total cost of

le

providing

an

additional graduate

teacher

of

Chinese

in every

classes or

public sector secondary

school with

18

for mor e

seven

the financial year 1988/89,

that

is for the

7 months from September 1988 to March

1989, is $35.8 million including on-costs. The cost

for the full year 1989/90 and thereafter is estimated

to be $61.4 million per annum (excluding

and changes in demand),

inflation