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Appendix II (page 431)

Question No. 2 (1.8.67)

Appendix I (page 430)

Reply by Mr. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:

This question concerns the distribution in resettlement estates of information on how to apply for free primary school places and measures to encourage children of primary school age to fill up vacant places in resettlement estate schools.

In reply to the first part of this question, I am informed that 80,000 copies of the Government pamphlet concerned were printed, of which 65,000 have been distributed through Government and Government subsidized schools including those in resettlement estates, and the remainder through the Public Enquiry Service. I regret that it is not possible to say how many were distributed in resettlement estates.

In reply to the second part of this question, broadcasts are made by Rediffusion and the Radio Stations three times in each year informing the public of the vacancies which exist in particular schools. The next broadcasts will be in August and mid-September this year. Notices giving similar information are also posted on notice-boards in resettlement estate offices.

The Resettlement Department has two further proposals in hand. First we shall very soon be writing to the heads of all the free-standing and annexe schools in Mark IV and V estates encouraging them to erect their own notice-boards, and offering to provide a standard drawing of a suitable design. Secondly, we plan to have one notice-board at every block in each estate, and the first 100 have been delivered. In the older estates, it will be open to ground floor and rooftop schools to make use of the board at their blocks to give notice of any vacancies they may have.

Question No. 5 (7.3.67)

Reply by MR. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:

I understand from Mr. Hu that, in this question, he is referring particularly to technical or vocational training for young people in resettlement estates.

This answer to the first part of the question is that the Resettlement Department does have material from which it would be possible, at the cost of considerable time and effort, to produce statistics of the number of residents of resettlement estates by age-groups. This material consists of the index cards of each household of which there must be about 125,000 in the urban estates.

The answer to the second part of the question is that the Resettlement Department has co-operated with the Social Welfare Department in providing accommodation in the urban estates for about 25 vocational, pre-vocational and trade training centres, many of which offer various other services in addition to such training in order to foster better and more useful citizens. There are also many other agencies operating in resettlement estates which, while not providing "vocational" training as such, are nevertheless training people to take a more active part in the life of the community as responsible citizens. It is hoped that more such facilities will be provided in some of the new welfare buildings to be constructed in Mark IV and V estates. Beyond this, my department has at present no plans to co-ordinate with other Government departments or agencies to provide young people with the kind of training which Mr. Hu has in mind. Primary education of a technical or vocational nature is primarily the concern of the Education and Labour Departments. Paragraph 18 of the introduction to the White Paper entitled "Education Policy" which was published in April 1965 refers to the need for extending facilities of this kind. I am advised that the Education Department is discussing with the Labour and Social Welfare Departments how this policy can best be implemented. When this policy is decided by Government, the Resettlement Department will of course co-operate in implementing it in any way that it can appropriately do. I would not, however, expect the young people in our estates to be provided with any special facilities not available to the rest of the population.

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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Page 234 of 259 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Appendix II (page 431) Question No. 2 (1.8.67) Appendix I (page 430) Reply by Mr. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: This question concerns the distribution in resettlement estates of information on how to apply for free primary school places and measures to encourage children of primary school age to fill up vacant places in resettlement estate schools. In reply to the first part of this question, I am informed that 80,000 copies of the Government pamphlet concerned were printed, of which 65,000 have been distributed through Government and Government subsidized schools including those in resettlement estates, and the remainder through the Public Enquiry Service. I regret that it is not possible to say how many were distributed in resettlement estates. In reply to the second part of this question, broadcasts are made by Rediffusion and the Radio Stations three times in each year informing the public of the vacancies which exist in particular schools. The next broadcasts will be in August and mid-September this year. Notices giving similar information are also posted on notice-boards in resettlement estate offices. The Resettlement Department has two further proposals in hand. First we shall very soon be writing to the heads of all the free-standing and annexe schools in Mark IV and V estates encouraging them to erect their own notice-boards, and offering to provide a standard drawing of a suitable design. Secondly, we plan to have one notice-board at every block in each estate, and the first 100 have been delivered. In the older estates, it will be open to ground floor and rooftop schools to make use of the board at their blocks to give notice of any vacancies they may have. Question No. 5 (7.3.67) Reply by MR. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: I understand from Mr. Hu that, in this question, he is referring particularly to technical or vocational training for young people in resettlement estates. This answer to the first part of the question is that the Resettlement Department does have material from which it would be possible, at the cost of considerable time and effort, to produce statistics of the number of residents of resettlement estates by age-groups. This material consists of the index cards of each household of which there must be about 125,000 in the urban estates. The answer to the second part of the question is that the Resettlement Department has co-operated with the Social Welfare Department in providing accommodation in the urban estates for about 25 vocational, pre-vocational and trade training centres, many of which offer various other services in addition to such training in order to foster better and more useful citizens. There are also many other agencies operating in resettlement estates which, while not providing "vocational" training as such, are nevertheless training people to take a more active part in the life of the community as responsible citizens. It is hoped that more such facilities will be provided in some of the new welfare buildings to be constructed in Mark IV and V estates. Beyond this, my department has at present no plans to co-ordinate with other Government departments or agencies to provide young people with the kind of training which Mr. Hu has in mind. Primary education of a technical or vocational nature is primarily the concern of the Education and Labour Departments. Paragraph 18 of the introduction to the White Paper entitled "Education Policy" which was published in April 1965 refers to the need for extending facilities of this kind. I am advised that the Education Department is discussing with the Labour and Social Welfare Departments how this policy can best be implemented. When this policy is decided by Government, the Resettlement Department will of course co-operate in implementing it in any way that it can appropriately do. I would not, however, expect the young people in our estates to be provided with any special facilities not available to the rest of the population. Post-

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259 442 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Page 234 of 259 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 443 Appendix II (page 431) Question No. 2 (1.8.67) Appendix I (page 430) Reply by Mr. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:· This question concerns the distribution in resettlement estates of information on how to apply for free primary school places and measures to encourage children of primary school age to fill up vacant places in resettlement estate schools. In reply to the first part of this question, I am informed that 80,000 copies of the Government pamphlet concerned were printed, of which 65,000 have been distributed through Government and Government subsidized schools including those in resettlement estates, and the remainder through the Public Enquiry Service. I regret that it is not possible to say how many were distributed in resettlement estates. In reply to the second part of this question, broadcasts are made by Rediffusion and the Radio Stations three times in each year informing the public of the vacancies which exist in particular schools. The next broadcasts will be in August and mid-September this year. Notices giving similar information are also posted on notice-boards in resettlement estate offices. The Resettlement Department has two further proposals in hand. First we shall very soon be writing to the heads of all the free-standing and annexe schools in Mark IV and V estates encouraging them to erect their own notice- boards, and offering to provide a standard drawing of a suitable design. Secondly, we plan to have one notice- board at every block in each estate, and the first 100 have been delivered. In the older estates, it will be open to ground floor and rooftop schools to make use of the board at their blocks to give notice of any vacancies they may have. Question No. 5 (7.3.67) Reply by MR. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: ---- I understand from Mr. Hu that, in this question, he is referring particularly to technical or vocational training for young people in resettlement estates. This answer to the first part of the question is that the Resettle- ment Department does have material from which it would be possible, at the cost of considerable time and effort, to produce statistics of the number of residents of resettlement estates by age-groups. This material consists of the index cards of each household of which there must be about 125,000 in the urban estates. The answer to the second part of the question is that the Resettlement Department has co-operated with the Social Welfare Department in providing accommodation in the urban estates for about 25 vocational, pre-vocational and trade training centres, many of which offer various other services in addition to such training in order to foster better and more useful citizens. There are also many other agencies operating in resettlement estates which, while not providing "vocational" training as such, are nevertheless training people to take a more active part in the life of the community as responsible citizens. It is hoped that more such facilities will be provided in some of the new welfare buildings to be constructed in Mark IV and V estates. Beyond this, my department has at present no plans to co-ordinate with other Government departments or agencies to provide young people with the kind of training which Mr. Hu has in mind. primary education of a technical or vocational nature is primarily the concern of the Education and Labour Departments. Paragraph 18 of the introduction to the White Paper entitled "Education Policy" which was published in April 1965 refers to the need for extending facilities of this kind. I am advised that the Education Department is discussing with the Labour and Social Welfare Departments how this policy can best be imple- mented. When this policy is decided by Government, the Resettlement Department will of course co-operate in implementing it in any way that it can appropriately do I would not, however, expect the young people in our estates to be provided with any special facilities not available to the rest of the population. SO. Post-

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Question No. 2 (1.8.67)

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Reply by Mr. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:·

The Resettlement Department has two further proposals in hand. First we shall very soon be writing to the heads of all the free-standing and annexe schools in Mark IV and V estates encouraging them to erect their own notice- boards, and offering to provide a standard drawing of a suitable design. Secondly, we plan to have one notice- board at every block in each estate, and the first 100 have been delivered. In the older estates, it will be open to ground floor and rooftop schools to make use of the board at their blocks to give notice of any vacancies they may have.

Question No. 5 (7.3.67)

Reply by MR. D. C. BARTY, COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: ---- I understand from Mr. Hu that, in this question, he is referring particularly to technical or vocational training for young people in resettlement estates.

This answer to the first part of the question is that the Resettle- ment Department does have material from which it would be possible, at the cost of considerable time and effort, to produce statistics of the number of residents of resettlement estates by age-groups. This material consists of the index cards of each household of which there must be about 125,000 in the urban estates.

The answer to the second part of the question is that the Resettlement Department has co-operated with the Social Welfare Department in providing accommodation in the urban estates for about 25 vocational, pre-vocational and trade training centres, many of which offer various other services in addition to such training in order to foster better and more useful citizens. There are also many other agencies operating in resettlement estates which, while not providing "vocational" training as such, are nevertheless training people to take a more active part in the life of the community as responsible citizens. It is hoped that more such facilities will be provided in some of the new welfare buildings to be constructed in Mark IV and V estates. Beyond this, my department has at present no plans to co-ordinate with other Government departments or agencies to provide young people with the kind of training which Mr. Hu has in mind. primary education of a technical or vocational nature is primarily the concern of the Education and Labour Departments. Paragraph 18 of the introduction to the White Paper entitled "Education Policy" which was published in April 1965 refers to the need for extending facilities of this kind. I am advised that the Education Department is discussing with the Labour and Social Welfare Departments how this policy can best be imple- mented. When this policy is decided by Government, the Resettlement Department will of course co-operate in implementing it in any way that it can appropriately do I would not, however, expect the young people in our estates to be provided with any special facilities not available to the rest of the population.

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