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section 7 of the Education Ordinance, which states:
"7(1) There shall be a Board of Education appointed
in accordance with subsection (2) which may advise the
Governor on educational matters.
(2) The Governor shall by notice in the Gazette
appoint as members of the Board such persons as he
thinks fit.
(3) A member of the Board shall hold office for such
period as may be specified in such notice.
(4)
The Board may regulate its procedure.
(5) Such officers of the Education Department as the
Director may nominate shall attend the meetings of
the Board.
(6)
The Director shall appoint an officer of the
Education Department to be the secretary to the Board.
(7) The secretary to the Board shall forward a record of
every meeting of the Board to the Director, who shall
transmit a copy of the record to the Governor together
with any observations which the Director may wish to
make on such record."
Current membership of the Board is as shown at appendix L. 19 of the
21 members (excluding the Secretary, who is a full-time official of
the Education Department) are unofficial members, the two official
members being the Director of Education (Vice Chairman) and the Deputy
Secretary for Social Services. The chair has been occupied by unofficials
since January 1973. Broadly speaking, the unofficials reflect the
following interests:
(a) tertiary institutions: the University of Hong Kong;
the Chinese University of Hong Kong; The Hong Kong
Polytechnic; the approved post-secondary colleges;