three-year
degree
courses;
there
would
additional costs if these
institutions were
be
to adopt
further
a
four-year
degree
system.
Any
changes now could
also
affect the cost of the Third University.
6.
I
come now
to the
To
assess
the
impact
of
the
second part of
of the question.
proposed change
on
the
educational system as a whole is particularly difficult,
First, that impact will largely depend
for two reasons.
as is on the details of the proposal itself and whether,
likely, other institutions
to follow HKU's example.
Second, it will also depend on whether and how we propose
to
were
secondary-level restructure
however,
would
education.
It
does,
the likely that appear
proposal,
if accepted,
abolition of
Form
7
and the
the involve
restructuring of the remaining secondary forms.
turn would have
This in
even have two major consequences, which,
may be predicted with some certainty.
now,
7.
7.
The first consequence would be the abolition of
the
Advanced
Level
examination.
This
would
have
implications for
for admission to sub-degree
Courses
at the
polytechnics,
the
Hong Kong Baptist
College
and
other
post-secondary colleges. Entrance requirements of courses
now
based
on
Advanced Level
results
would
have
το
be