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DR. TSE:
Sir, I am glad to hear that the Secretary is
fort
an
prepared to make recommendations for increase in
financial assistance to Lingnan College.
it is
Could I
ask whether the intention of the Education Department
to allow Lingnan College to drop its Sixth Form
course in the coming academic year, and to integrate
the rest of the 2 plus 1 programme into a three-year
post A-level course by providing subsidy for the
last year, which is not being subsidised at the
present?
SECRETARY
FOR
EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
Sir, there is no problem over dropping the Sixth
Form. Subsidy for the fifth year, or the third
year as Dr. TSE put it, was certainly one of the
proposals we are looking at. I am not in a position
to commit myself on that at this stage.
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DR. HO:
Since
increased
financial
assistance
from the Government will be made available to
Lingnan College, will the Secretary for Education
and Manpower give clear indications to the college
as to which recommendations contained in the CNAA