By LIANG TAO, CRI Correspondent

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang pledged in his Policy Address that a 70 million HK dollar grant will be allocated to improve kindergarten facilities, and gifted students will also see enhanced educational aid.

The one-off Capacity Enhancement Grant will allow kindergartens to acquire more books, a wider variety of teaching aids, computers and other resources.

The amount of grant per student will be 500 HK dollars, while the maximum amount per kindergarten will be 135,000 dollars.

Tsang said providing quality education for the next generation is an integral part of government support for the family.

The Chief Executive also pledged to provide an education voucher to aid parents of children aged three to six. The Government will also rationalize all existing fee assistance schemes.

From the 2007-08 school year, the vouchers will provide an annual subsidy of up to 13,000 dollars per student, of which at least 10,000 dollars must be used on fee subsidy, with the remaining money spent on teacher training.