MR. WONG PO-YAN:
Sir,
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON WONG PO YAN, CBE, JP
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 16 MARCH 1988
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Hong Kong Baptist College
Annual Report for 1986-87
before Tabled
this
Council
today
is the
audited
statement of accounts and annual report of activities of the Hong Kong Baptist College for the year 1986-87.
As the chairman of the College's Board of Governors and le Council, it is my very pleasant duty to report that the College
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has been able to set a number of new records in the 1986-87 year. Details of all the developments have been recorded in the annual report now before this Council.
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The year witnessed the College admitting students
the the first group of two bachelor degree courses ever introduced in
л its history of over three decades. These degree courses are in
Combined Sciences and Social Work. withholding expansion in student numbers
for the additional staff and facilities for the provided
degree courses
courses before new buildings were
this year's
was
After three
So
years
of
that space could be
completed,
new
per cent enrolment increased by about 9 to reach a total of around
fer
per
cent
for
2,350. The number of qualified applicants to all courses rose by cent 300 over the year before, and those applying to the degree courses
80. During the increased by 808.
same year, two other new, degree
United Kingdom accredited were successfully
the
UK Council
火 National Academic Awards (CNAA)
Awards (CNAA) and won approval to start in the 1987-88 academic year. Once again, the CNAA visiting teams were impressed by the College's pace of development, and in particular
courses
by
by the enthusiasm and quality of the staff and students.
le
の
per cent
an
staff
The
year's
total budget
of resources for recurrent
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items, including public funding and tuition income, was $99.9m --
increase of 19.58.
a 68 expansion in the academic
of the additional staff
establishment,
There was
and
most
were
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