HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 18 January 1989
香港立法局 ——————一九八九年一月十八日
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司徒華議員問:主席先生,教統會第二號報告書建議統一幼稚園和幼兒中心所提供的學前服務, 行政局亦接納了這個建議。但教育統籌司在刚才的答覆中,說要待幼稚園的教育改善計劃開始實 施後,工作小組便可研究應否將所有小學學前服務納入同一監管制度的長遠的問題。請教育統籌 司告知本局,這是否意味着這工作小組的研究是可以否決教育統籌委員會的第二號報告書的建議 和行政局的決定?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, I think there is a misunderstanding here. Mr. HUI asked in an earlier question why we had not yet gone to Executive Council on this proposal. That is in fact the case; we have not yet gone to Executive Council on this proposal.
MRS. FAN: Sir, the working party was set up two to three years ago in 1986. The proposals are still being awaited. Can the Secretary inform us why it is so difficult to draw up proposals to improve kindergarten standards? Has the working party consulted anybody in the kindergarten sector since then? And, could the Secretary answer part of the question that Mr. HUI put to him and that is, how many times have that working group met?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, there was of course a lot of the normal consultation over a long period on the commission's original proposals. And, as I have said, the feedback was rather negative on this particular proposal. It has been difficult because we originally hoped we could develop or adapt the commission's original proposal so as to overcome the objections to them. However, we did find that difficult. We are therefore trying to develop new proposals now. On the question of the number of meetings, I am fairly sure the committee has met many times. But I do not have the figure immediately available. I will provide a reply in writing. (Annex III)
MRS. TAM: Sir, is the Administration, as a result of the unification of kindergarten and child care centres, likely to embark upon the setting up of a pre-school education training institute with standardized curriculum for training?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, we do not have such a proposal in mind at the moment.
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