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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HED
PLANNING FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION :
STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS FOR 1991-94 TRIENNIUM
AND PLANNING PROJECTIONS TO YEAR 2000
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THE PROBLEM
This memorandum responds to the Council's request of 30 August 1988 and examines the feasibility of permitting the Baptist College to adopt an earlier phased expansion than indicated in memorandum XCC (88) 119; and the financial implications of adopting the student number targets set out in that memorandum, particularly their likely effect on the overall public sector expenditure programme. A copy of the
earlier memorandum is at Annex A.
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RECOMMENDATION AND ADVICE SOUGHT
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We
recommend
that,
subject to budgetary considerations and acceptance of the
of the financial implications by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council -
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(a) the revised student numbers for 1991-94 as set out in Annex B should be confirmed as the targets for that triennium;
(b) the Baptist College should be permitted in principle to expand to a capacity of 4,000 full-time equivalent (fte) students by 1997 and to 5,000 by the year 2000; and
(c)
of
Science and
the Hong Kong University Technology should be permitted
permitted in principle to expand its capacity to 10,100 fte students by the year 2000.
Members will be asked to advise whether the above recommendations should be approved and to note
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(a) the planning projections between 1994 and the
year 2000 as indicated in Annex B; and
(b)
the possible need for a
institution early
(paragraph 16 Annex A).
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in the memorandum
new tertiary
next century XCC (88) 119
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