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From SCMP 20080327
Education chief vows that school closure orders will be in daytime
The education chief pledged yesterday that any further school closures would be announced in the daytime, avoiding the confusion that surrounded the sudden late-night announcement two weeks ago.
Michael Suen Ming-yeung made the promise as he announced that schools closed two weeks ago because of a flu outbreak would reopen on Monday.
"We certainly will make the [class suspension] announcement during the day," Mr Suen said, admitting that the government statement - made shortly before 10pm on March 13 - closing all primary schools, special schools, nurseries and kindergartens, had been rather late.
The 11th-hour decision attracted heavy criticism from parents left scrambling to make alternative arrangements for their children's care during the day and teachers dealing with pupils who showed up at school because they didn't know of the closure order.
"Some parents and students might have been asleep already [when the announcement was made] and they might not have heard the news," Mr Suen said. "There will not be a repeat of the same situation in the future."
But the minister defended the decision to close schools.
"We were facing an emergency situation. And depending on the severity of the situation, I thought we made a very prudent move to ensure that the health of the schoolchildren was protected."
Asked if the government overreacted, Thomas Tsang Ho-fai, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, said: "There might be a distance between scientific figures and the sentiment of the public."
This echoed a remark by health minister York Chow Yat-ngok in announcing the closure.
Insisting there was no cause for alarm, Dr Chow said: "This is not just a decision on public hygiene, but also one concerning public sentiment."
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From SCMP 20080327
Education chief vows that school closure orders will be in daytime
The education chief pledged yesterday that any further school closures would be announced in the daytime, avoiding the confusion that surrounded the sudden late-night announcement two weeks ago.
Michael Suen Ming-yeung made the promise as he announced that schools closed two weeks ago because of a flu outbreak would reopen on Monday.
"We certainly will make the [class suspension] announcement during the day," Mr Suen said, admitting that the government statement - made shortly before 10pm on March 13 - closing all primary schools, special schools, nurseries and kindergartens, had been rather late.
The 11th-hour decision attracted heavy criticism from parents left scrambling to make alternative arrangements for their children's care during the day and teachers dealing with pupils who showed up at school because they didn't know of the closure order.
"Some parents and students might have been asleep already [when the announcement was made] and they might not have heard the news," Mr Suen said. "There will not be a repeat of the same situation in the future."
But the minister defended the decision to close schools.
"We were facing an emergency situation. And depending on the severity of the situation, I thought we made a very prudent move to ensure that the health of the schoolchildren was protected."
Asked if the government overreacted, Thomas Tsang Ho-fai, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, said: "There might be a distance between scientific figures and the sentiment of the public."
This echoed a remark by health minister York Chow Yat-ngok in announcing the closure.
Insisting there was no cause for alarm, Dr Chow said: "This is not just a decision on public hygiene, but also one concerning public sentiment."
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