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(f)
and research studies, namely MPhil and PhD degrees (particularly relevant in providing a potential source of academic staff for the tertiary sector);
a significant expansion in research studentships to meet the longer-term requirements for academic staff for
for the tertiary sector from within the territory; and
allocation of the
"clawing back" a
an effective and realistic research studentships, by
proportion of the
the places allocated to
to the institutions (except in the case of HKBC, in view of the number allocated to that institution) for redistribution in response to
to competitive bids by the body which replaces the Research Sub-Committee. (In this connection members note that their recommendations on the establishment of
Research Grants Council and enhanced research funding from 1991 onwards remain under consideration by the Government paragraphs 21(iii) and 27 below).
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The institutions have been informed of the
Committee's tentative recommendations on the distribution
of the
the student numbers and have been invited to submit
proposals, in the
the form of increased intakes to existing courses and planned new courses, to accord with those
targets. The institutions' submissions have been considered by the UPGC in detail, having particular regard to the findings in a report prepared by the Education and Manpower Branch (EMB) in March 1990 entitled "A Statistical Projection of Manpower Requirements and Supply for Hong Kong". The report provides a broad overview of requirements at different educational levels over the
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