WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1982
UNIVERSITIES CONSIDERING
WAYS TO IMPROVE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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THE UNIVERSITIES RECOGNISE PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTRY TO THEIR INSTITUTIONS AND ARE CONSIDERING HOW MATTERS MIGHT BE IMPROVED, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, THE HON K.W.J. TOPLEY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE REY THE HON JOYCE BENNETT, WHO ASKED WHETHER GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE STEPS TO UNIFY THE SYLLABUSES AT FORM SIX AND RATIONALISE ENTRY TO THE UNIVERSITIES TO HELP THE SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AND TO SAVE PUBLIC MONEYS.
MR TOPLEY SAID COMPETITION TO ENTER BOTH OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE POLYTECHNIC WAS KEEN AND HE AGREED THAT UNIFIED ARRANGEMENTS AT THE SIXTH FORM LEVEL COULD RELIEVE PRESSURE ON STUDENTS.
*ANY SCHEME OF UNIFICATION, HOWEVER, WOULD HAVE SUBSTANTIAL REPERCUSSIONS ON SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS ON THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES, MR TOPLEY SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE THREE INSTITUTIONS WERE AUTONOMOUS BODIES AND DETERMINED THEIR OWN ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, AND CHANGES TO PUBLIC EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BÉ MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH THEM.
MR TOPLEY ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS MATTER WAS ALSO EXAMINED BY THE PANEL OF VISITORS CONDUCTING THE OVERALL REVIEW OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG AND SAIDɛ +IT WOULD SEEM WISE, THEREFORE, TO CONSIDER ANY FRESH PROPOSALS IN THIS FIELD IN THE LIGHT OF THE PANEL'S FINAL REPORT WHICH IS EXPECTED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.+
ICAC NEEDS PEOPLE'S SUPPORT, LOBO SAYS
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THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION'S EFFORT, MR ROGER LOBO SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE TABLING OF THE JCAC ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1981 AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LOBO SAID ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO REPORTED CORRUPTION DURING THE YEAR GAVE THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
+ IT TAKES COURAGE TO MAKE REPORTS ABOUT CORRUPTION AND THE COMMISSIONER OF ICAC FEELS THAT THIS WILLINGNESS IS A SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATION OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, HE SAID.
HE LID THE