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to meet the demands of potential students and the needs
of the economy; and
(ii) the technical institutes should achieve greater flexibility
of response to the needs of industry; and
(iii) part-time adult education should be a means for up-grading
Hong Kong's manpower;
(3) the increase in fees and other restrictions which curtail
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(5)
(6)
the numbers of Hong Kong students obtaining places in tertiary
institutions overseas and may thus render invalid the previous
assumptions that there were likely to be no fewer Hong Kong
students undergoing degree courses overseas than the numbers
of undergraduates in Hong Kong; and
the likely increase in the number of post-sixth form candidates
suitable for further education as a result of the expansion
of secondary education;
the necessity to establish the right mix of educational
opportunities so as to produce a balance of trained manpower
suitable for probable employment demands; and
the high proportion of the educational vote already devoted
to higher education.
To advise on:
(1)
the adequacy of the present pattern and range of institutional
provision for post-secondary education;
(2) current and projected educational and training needs at
different levels, including university education, teacher
education, vocational and professional education and
technical and community education;