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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1976
+ IT WAS REALLY WASTEFUL AND, AS THE UNIVERSITY IS FINANCED FROM PUBLIC FUNDS, EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO IMPROVE ITS EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS, HE ADDED.
DR. CHUNG SAID THAT AFTER SOME LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE AD HOC GROUP OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND THE THEOLOGICAL COUNCIL OF CHUNG CHI COLLEGE, A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WAS AGREED TO THE BILL.
+WE WERE INFORMED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL THAT AT ITS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2, THE COUNCIL HAD DISCUSSED THIS BILL AND RESOLVED, WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS, TO ACCEPT THE BILL.
+AS FAR AS UNITED COLLEGE IS CONCERNED, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS BILL IN PRINCIPLE, HE SAID.
THE ONLY PARTY STILL STANDING FAST ON ITS OBJECTION, HE ADDED, WAS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF NEW ASIA COLLEGE.
AMONG THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED OR SUPPORTED BY THE UNOFFICIALS ARE :
* A POST OF PRO-CHANCELLOR SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
* THE HEADS OF COLLEGES, THE DEANS OF FACULTIES AND THE
DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO APPOINT, FROM AMONG THE REGULAR STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY, MORE THAN TWO PRO-VICE-CHANCELLORS AND TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PRO-VICE- CHANCELLORS.
* THE HEAD OF A COLLEGE, OTHER THAN THE FIRST HEAD,
SHOULD BE APPOINTED FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR RE-APPOINTMENT FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO FURTHER PERIODS, EACH OF THREE YEARS.
* THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SENATE IN RESPECT OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO COLLEGES AND THE CONDUCT OF STUDENT-ORIENTATED TEACHING SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE BILL.
OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS CONCERN THE ELIGIBILITY OF SENIOR LECTURERS FOR ELECTION TO BECOME DEAN OF FACULTY AND THE POWER AND DUTY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CHUNG CHI COLLEGE TO APPOINT THE CHAPLAIN OF THE CHAPEL.
SHARING DR. CHUNG'S VIEW THAT THERE SHOULD BE A COMBINED MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, REV. JOYCE BENNETT SAID THAT AT PRESENT STUDENTS EXHAUSTED THEMSELVES STUDYING TWO DIFFERENT COURSES AND NOT PERFORMING WELL IN EITHER.
/SHE FELT