supplementary to Question No
in Legco ón 27 1.88
A
DR. LAM (in Cantonese) : Sir, could the Government inform
this Council of the criteria used by the planning Committee and the criteria used by the Assessment panel?
Are they different? HOW are they different? As far as
professional standards are concerned, are standards of
members of the planning Committee lower than those of members of the Assessment panel?
le.
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SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir, the answer to
the first question is
is no.
There is no difference between
the criteria. The criteria I have already described in my
answer applied to the competition and
competition and to the design
equally. I do not think the fact that two different
main answer
bodies came to two
indicates that one
qualifications.
different
opinions on this matter
body was in any way lacking in
There must be in a decision of this sort
a subjective element and it seems to me quite legitimate
that people should come to different views.