operate basically as the other two but focusing on business, science and
HKP and CPHK will offer undergraduate courses which are more vocationally-oriented, with some research work and postgraduate studies; and
HKBC and LC will offer undergraduate courses in humanities with some social sciences including education, and in broad scientific studies. In the case of HKBC, there will be some research work and postgraduate studies.
The respective roles of the tertiary institutions are some extent reflected in the proposed distribution of student numbers according to the level of study -
Numbers and % of student population by 1994-95
Sub-degree
Taught Undergraduate
Taught Postgraduate
Research Postgrdaute
a) HKU
9,114 (79%)
1,386 (12%)
1,000 (9%)
b)
CUHK
9,919 (87%)
781 (6%)
800 (7%)
c)
HKUST
4,310 (85%)
355
(7%)
405 (8%)
d)
HKP
e)
CPHK
f)
BC
g)
LC
4,721 (35%) 7,699 (57%) 4,989 (35%) 6,675 (57%) 3,803 (95%) 2,000 (100%)
810 (6%)
270 (2%)
702 (6%)
234 (2%)
180
(4%)
40 (1%)
(-)
-
(-)
to
conditions
of
salary
Improvements relativities,
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increased research funding
employment,
The UPGC has made three supporting proposals that are likely to raise the level of recurrent expenditure on tertiary education. These are that fringe benefits should be improved by being brought into line with those applicable to the civil service and made more flexible (paragraph 24 of the report), that a common salary scale common to all academic staff in all UPGC-funded institutions should be introduced by no later than 1992-93 (paragraphs 25 and 26 of the report) and that the level of funding for academic research should be increased substantially (paragraph 27 of the report). The first two proposals (concerning fringe benefits and salary scale) are being examined in detail and costed. The UPGC's recommendations on the third proposal (regarding research funding) have been submitted to the Administration and will be the subject of a separate submission to Members.