Acting upon a recommendation by the Education Board, the Council has authorized the establishment next autumn of a night school In the Kin: Jchow Road Primary School for boys between the ages of 14 and 20 years, Jand approved expenditure not exceed: ing $2,000.
'A Sub-Committee of the Education }Board presented to the Board pro-Jposals for the establishment of (we night schools uring the forthcoming In comment on those proposals, the Acting Treasurer and Controller Jobserved that the provision of night schools was an educational development which was not covered by the Council's educational programme. There was no provision in the Dudget to meet the cost of thie Jscheme and that as the introduction fof night schools during the current Snancial year could not be considered to be a matter of urgent necessity, was unable to endorse the proposals contained in the Sub-Committee's report. He suggested that provision for the establishment these schools might be made in the preliminary estimates. for 1935, with view to a decision being reached at the appropriate time as tothe inclusion of the necessary expend! ture in the Budget for that year.
The Board decided to recommend the establishment of one night school Jas an experimental measure, mentioning that a sum. of $2,000 remained unissued from the appropriation for grants-in-aid to Chinese schools. The Council on July 25 passed this pro-
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