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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 12, 1933.

No. 329.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 26 of 1913. (EDUCATION)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Education Ordinance, 1913, the Governor in Council further amends the Education Regulations set forth in Government Notification No. 772 published in the Gazette of the 9th December, 1932, as follows:

Amendments.

(1) Regulation 8 is rescinded and the following regula

tion is substituted therefor :-

8. Latrine accommodation shall be provided in every school to the satisfaction of the Director.

(2) Regulation 18 is rescinded and the following

regulation is substituted therefor :-

18. Before any teacher is employed in any school the written permission of the Director for the particular employment contemplated must be obtained. Where the application is for permission to employ a male person as a teacher in a school for girls such application must be accompanied by a written statement, made by the applicant, of the special circumstances on which the application is based.

(3) The following regulation is added:

23A. Every manager of a registered school, or of a school in respect of which registration is or may be under consideration shall give or cause to be given to the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, or to any officer of the Fire Brigade deputed by him, all reasonable facilities to inspect, from time to time, the school premises with a view to ascertaining the precautions taken and available against fire and the suitability of such premises for use as a school touching matters with which the Fire Brigade is concerned, and reporting thereon to the Director.

Every such manager shall comply with the requirements considered and notified by the Director to be necessary for the proper conduct of the school as regards precautions and steps to be taken to prevent or mitigate danger or accident from fire.

D. W. TRATMAN,

Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL. CHAMBER,

9th May, 1933.

NOTE: The earlier amendment appears in G.N. No. 16 of 1933

published in the Gazette of the 13th January, 1933.

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