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Question No. 1
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Architectural contract of the third university
Reply by Secretary for Education & Manpower to a question by Dr. Hon. Conrad Lam- in LegGo on 27 January 1988
1. Dr. LAM asked (in Cantonese):
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Will Government inform this Council of the criteria adopted by the planning committee of the third university of Hong Kong in awarding the architectural contract of the university?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
sir,
In selecting a design for the Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
com
the planning le
Committee's main aim was to produce the best possible
university for Hong Kong's needs with the site and
other resources available.
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The criteria were explained in more detail in
odd pages of the planning Brief. The Brief
the 50 odd pages
also described the
structure, size and development
requirements of the niversity,
that
to which the design
must conform. It said the aim was to create a total
comprehensive environment
buildings and the landscape.
living
by the
integration of
seen It may be
as
a
in
organism that adapts to rapid changes
technology, provides a visual impression of experiment
and enquiry, and is both functional and aesthetically
pleasing without
recourse
to the
use of extreme
or