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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 15 February 1989

香港立法局 ·九八九年二月十五日

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concluded that the curfew was still a valuable measure to control movement within the Frontier Closed Area at night. This is important because it means that security forces can identify persons moving during the hours of darkness which is the most popular time for illegal immigrants to enter Hong Kong.

黃宏發議員問:保安司在答覆中說,一九八八年,當局共拘獲20987名非法入境者,其中超 過九千名於陸路邊境地區拘獲。請問此數目中,有多少人在沙頭角拘獲?多少人在打鼓嶺拘獲? 因為此問題不單是沙頭角的問題。又這些拘獲的時間是在宵禁時間之內抑或之外,即是在午夜至 凌晨四時或在其他時間?若大多數均在宵禁時間之外,有那些論據可以支持政府現在的行動,即

堅持要有一個午夜至凌晨四時的宵禁?

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, I am not sure that I got all that but I shall anyway be following up this particular question with a reply in writing. (Annex I) But I can tell Mr. WŌNG that the majority of illegal immigrants caught on the land border are in the Sha Tau Kok area and that the majority are caught during the hours of darkness. As to the precise figures, I shall reply to Mr. WONG in writing.

Student Travel Subsidy Scheme.

4. MRS. FAN asked: Sir, a supernumerary post has been created in the Education Department with effect from February 1989 to handle several urgent tasks, including an evaluation of the cost effectiveness and administration of the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme. Will Government inform this Council when this evaluation will be conducted; how long it will take to complete; and in what manner parents, school management and students will be consulted in the process?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, as Members know, the new student travel subsidy scheme was introduced in October 1988, following three years of Finance Committee and Public Accounts Committee criticisms of the old scheme and careful consideration of alternative solutions. The first round of applications and payments made under the new scheme was completed in December 1988.

The Education Department has recently begun an assessment of the new scheme. It will conduct a sample survey of those students who applied for travel subsidies in 1988 and consult the school councils. We will do our best to ensure that the assessment is completed within three or four months so that any