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ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN.
CHAIRMAN:-Ladies and gentlemen, before we proceed with the Agenda, I would like to welcome back Dr. BELL from leave and also Mr. SALES from his Olympic trip.
MINUTES.
The minutes of the meeting held on 1st October, 1968 were confirmed.
PAPERS.
THE CHAIRMAN laid upon the table the following papers:
(1) Report on the Work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of October, 1968.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st July, 1968, to 30th September, 1968.
(3) Report by the Commissioner for Resettlement on the progress of clearance and resettlement operations during the period 1st July, 1968 to 30th September, 1968.
QUESTIONS.
(1) MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question:-
As two large resettlement estates will be built east of Kwun Tong to accommodate 234,000 people, can the Commissioner for Resettlement enquire from the Education Department whether there will be not only sufficient primary school places for children in these estates, but also secondary places for every child who wants it? Is the Education Department also making provision to have any vocational and general technical schools in these large estates?
MR. LI YIU-BOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE RESETTLEMENT MANAGEMENT SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
I believe that this question refers to the planned expansion of Ham Tin and Sau Mau Ping estates, whose present population of a little over 100,000 will be increased to 234,000 by the end of the year 1971-72.
Primary schools will be provided as an integral part of these estates at the ratio of one classroom for 450 residents.
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It is Government's policy to provide Government or aided secondary education for 15% to 20% of the number of primary school leavers. They are provided on a Colony wide basis and not for particular sections of the population, the aim being to provide as even a distribution as possible, taking into consideration the main centres of population. It is also Government's policy to encourage the development of private secondary schools.
In the vicinity of these estates five subsidized secondary schools, for boys or girls, are in various stages of planning. The sites for three of these schools have already been granted and sites have been reserved for the other two.
Sites have also been reserved for a further five subsidized secondary schools in this locality.
A Government Technical School is expected to open in Kwun Tong in 1970 with approximately 1,000 places; and a girls' secondary school with technical facilities, also at Kwun Tong, is at an advanced stage of planning.
Applications have also been made to establish three private secondary schools in the Kwun Tong area, and these are now under consideration.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, does the Chairman of the Resettlement Management Select Committee know what is the more accurate figure in Government's policy to provide aided secondary education? Is it 15% or is it 20%?
MR. LI:-Mr. Chairman, I am not speaking for the Education Department. I have no right to do so. But I think the aim is slowly to increase from 15% to 20%, as circumstances permit.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN: In that respect then, Mr. Chairman, is Mr. LI Yiu-bor speaking for the Education Department when he uses the term "as circumstances permit?"
MR. LI:-Mr. Chairman, I said "I think". I did not say that it was definite.
MR. BERNACCHI:-Perhaps, Mr. Chairman, the Chairman of the Resettlement Management Select Committee would answer the part of the question that deals with secondary places for every child who wants it. Is it Government's policy, is it the Resettlement Department's policy, is it our policy, to provide secondary school places for every child who wants it in Resettlement Estates?
MR. LI: Mr. Chairman, I think Mr. BERNACCHI's question is interesting, because I think so far there has not been any mention of
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ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN.
CHAIRMAN:-Ladies and gentlemen, before we proceed with the Agenda, I would like to welcome back Dr. BELL from leave and also Mr. SALES from his Olympic trip.
MINUTES.
The minutes of the meeting held on 1st October, 1968 were confirmed.
PAPERS.
THE CHAIRMAN laid upon the table the following papers:
(1) Report on the Work of the Urban Council and Urban
Services Department for the month of October, 1968. (2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st July, 1968, to 30th September, 1968.
(3) Report by the Commissioner for Resettlement on the pro- gress of clearance and resettlement operations during the period 1st July, 1968 to 30th September, 1968.
QUESTIONS.
(1) MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question:-
As two large resettlement estates will be built east of Kwun Tong to accommodate 234,000 people, can the Commis- sioner for Resettlement enquire from the Education Department whether there will be not only sufficient primary school places for children in these estates, but also secondary places for every child who wants it? Is the Education Department also making provision to have any vocational and general technical schools in these large estates?
MR. LI YIU-BOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE RESETTLEMENT MANAGEMENT SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
I believe that this question refers to the planned expansion of Ham Tin and Sau Mau Ping estates, whose present population of a little over 100,000 will be increased to 234,000 by the end of the year 1971-72.
Primary schools will be provided as an integral part of these
estates at the ratio of one classroom for 450 residents.
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It is Government's policy to provide Government or aided
secondary education for 15% to 20% of the number of primary school leavers. They are provided on a Colony wide basis and not for particular sections of the popula- tion, the aim being to provide as even a distribution as possible, taking into consideration the main centres of population. It is also Government's policy to encourage the development of private secondary schools.
In the vicinity of these estates five subsidized secondary schools, for boys or girls, are in various stages of plan- ning. The sites for three of these schools have already been granted and sites have been reserved for the other Sites have also been reserved for a further five sub- sidized secondary schools in this locality.
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A Government Technical School is expected to open in Kwun Tong in 1970 with approximately 1,000 places; and a girls' secondary school with technical facilities, also at Kwun Tong, is at an advanced stage of planning.
Applications have also been made to establish three private 'secondary schools in the Kwun Tong area, and these are now under consideration.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN: -Mr. Chairman, does the Chairman of the Resettlement Management Select Committee know what is the more accurate figure in Government's policy to provide aided secondary education? Is it 15% or is it 20%?
MR. LI:-Mr. Chairman, I am not speaking for the Education Department. I have no right to do so. But I think the aim is slowly to increase from 15% to 20%, as circumstances permit.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN: In that respect then, Mr. Chairman, is Mr. LI Yiu-bor speaking for the Education Department when he uses the term "as circumstances permit?"
MR. LI:-Mr. Chairman, I said "I think". I did not say that it was definite.
MR. BERNACCHI:-Perhaps, Mr. Chairman, the Chairman of the Resettlement Management Select Committee would answer the part of the question that deals with secondary places for every child who wants it. Is it Government's policy, is it the Resettlement Department's policy, is it our policy, to provide secondary school places for every child who wants it in Resettlement Estates?
MR. LI: Mr. Chairman, I think Mr. BERNACCHI's question is in- teresting, because I think so far there has not been any mention of
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