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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - 25 May 1988

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RETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: The actual population projections are available in published documents but I will make copies available to Mr. WONG.

Our present planning is intended to provide for no movement out of the region except on a voluntary basis.

MR. TAI: Sir, will the Secretary take special note of the age of the new residents when updating the population projections for school places in 1992, so as to get a more accurate estimation of secondary and primary school needs in that particular area?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Yes, Sir, the projections do take account of the age profile of the people in the area.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: I have one more supplementary waiting to be asked and that will be the last one for this question.

MRS. NG (in Cantonese): Thank you very much, Sir. I do not think the Secretary has fully answered my question. My question is how many classrooms are there in existing schools at present? Is it a 24-class structure? If that is the case, there are six floating classes already, and if you added one extra floating class, that would be altogether seven floating classes. So, are there 24 or 26 classrooms?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: I think Mrs. NG is right; we have 24 classrooms with 31 classes.

Wastage in the Civil Service

2. DR. LAM asked (in Cantonese): Will the Government inform this Council of the number of civil servants who resigned from the service in the past three years; whether the number of resignations from the Civil Service is on the increase; and whether these resignations affect the efficiency of the Administration?

CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, in 1985-86, 2 701 civil servants resigned from the service. The figure for 1986-87 was 2 494 and for 1987-88 it was 4065. Between 1985-86 and 1986-87 it fell, while in 1987-88 it rose. It is not possible, therefore, Sir, to predict with any certainty what will happen this year.

The figures at the directorate and senior professional level are of interest, Sir. At the directorate level, the present total strength is 1024, the number of resignations over the last three years is 13 in 1985-86, three in 1986-87 and seven in 1987-88. At the senior management/senior professional level, the present total strength is 1 837, the figures for resignations are: 24 for 1985–86, 18 for 1986-87 and 28 for 1987-88.