WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1974
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ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE MIXED ADMISSION PROCESS WAS THE +EXTRAVAGANT USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, HE SAID, POINTING OUT THAT THE COST PER STUDENT A YEAR BETWEEN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND THE CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WAS $22,000 AS AGAINST $4,000 A RATIO OF KORE THAN FIVE TO ONE.
IN VIEW OF THE REPEATED CONCERN EXPRESSED IN PUBLIC BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON THE FAST AND VAST INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, DR. CHUNG SUGGESTED THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ESTABLISH UPPER FORM 6 CLASS IN CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS SO THAT ADMISSION COULD BE CONFINED TO ONLY EXTERNAL CANDIDATES.
ON A WIDER BASIS, HE FELT THAT IT WAS TIME FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY TO RECONSIDER ITS FOUR-YEAR SYSTEM WITH A VIEW TO CHANGING IT TO THE MOVE ECONOMICAL THREE-YEAR SYSTEM AS PRACTISED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
+ SINCE GRADUATES OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL SHOULD BE AND WOULD BE RECOGNISED BY THE BRITISH GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL AS EXPECTED, IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM AND THE TEACHING LANGUAGE WOULD BE ALMOST IDENTICAL FOR BOTH THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
+ IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE FOR REASONS OF FAIRNESS, EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY THAT THERE SHOULD BE COMMON MATRICULATION EXAMINATIONS FOR BOTH UNIVERSITIES IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
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