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Date:
25.11.86
Time:
Reporter:
2.15
5 pm
PMS
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D of E:
Well, I think it could give rise to a
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That was not true. The most we could have done with hindsight is
to do it three years earlier.
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CHAIRMAN:
(asking Mr Cheong) Well, you mentioned
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at the very beginning the review you have conducted, the review in the department, however the implementation. Now this statement just shows there was nothing implemented in the fees in the six year 10 period, that is all. Do you accept that, Mr Cheong?
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MR CHEONG:
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No, I am just pointing out what facts are facts and what implications is open to interpretation.
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D of E:
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Well, I am also making the same fact, that the fees were not fully phased in until '83, which is a fact.
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That
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is in the White Paper.
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CHAIRMAN:
Mr Lee.
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MR LEE:
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Mr Leung, I think earlier on you mentioned that because there was an overall review and there was public debate as to whether or not there should be 11 years free education and that is why a review was delayed pending the consequence of that public debate, so there is another reason for which the review might have been delayed, not only the phasing of the 1979 revision but there might have been another reason.
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D of E:
Well, that certainly is the main reason.
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why in fact we have deliberately deferred the revision of fees because of this major policy or likely policy changes. That is the
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main reason.
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MR CHEONG:
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Can I ask a final question.
review, when is it expected to complete?
On the policy
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SEM:
Well, we hold our first meeting on the
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