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students and amongst the staff. On how soon we
can give decisions, as I indicated in my original
answer, this is two halves really.. I think we can
deal with the financial bit within the present
other one,
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system very quickly; as for the I think it would
be very rash for me to hazard a guess at this stage.
MR. MARTIN LEE:
Will the
of
Administration inform the Council the anticipated
time frame before a decision is likely to be made
to have the Lingnan College included in the UPGC
system?
SECRETARY
FOR
EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
Sir, I think it would be as I said just now rash
for me to hazard a guess on this but
this
kind
of process
takes
years.
There
normally
has
been
some misleading press comparisons with the Baptist
College which seem to imply it was a very quick
process in that case but if you actually look at
the facts, the process of absorbing the Baptist
College into the UPGC system took several years.