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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1983
ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT PRESENT GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS TO INCREASE THE PROVISION OF FIRST DEGREE PLACES FROM THE PRESENT 3 100 FIRST-YEAR PLACES TO 5 200 BY 1989, AND 7 000 BY 1994.
BY THE END OF THE 1985-88 TRIENNIUM, THE STUDENT POPULATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE ABOUT 8 000, AND AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY ABOUT 7 000.
THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, SIR EDWARD SAID.
AND THE INTRODUCTION OF FIVE DEGREE COURSES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC FOR THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN ITS HISTORY, HE SAID.
ANOTHER DEGREE COURSE WOULD START NEXT YEAR AND, ULTIMATELY, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 4 000 DEGREE STUDENTS, HE ADDED.
SIR EDWARD ALSO REPORTED THAT +EXCELLENT PROGRESS+ IN PLANNING THE CITY FOLYTECHNIC HAD BEEN MADE UNDER SIR S.Y. CHUNG'S ABLE GUIDANCE.
+IT IS PLANNED THAT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC SHOULD HAVE 8 000 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS BY OCTOBER 1994, AND THAT IT ALSO WILL OFFER DEGREE COURSES, ULTIMATELY FOR UP TO 30 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION, SIR EDWARD SAID.
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE NEW POLYTECHNIC SHOULD ACQUIRE TEMPORARY PREMISES IN ORDER TO MAKE A START IN 1984-85, AND A DECISION ON THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH, HE REPORTED.
A DECISION ON WHETHER PLANNING FOR A THIRD UNIVERSITY SHOULD PROCEED WAS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SIR EDWARD PAID TRIBUTE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE WHOSE ROLE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WAS VITAL.
GOVERNMENT HAVING GREATER ACCESS TO OPINION AND ADVICE
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THE LARGER MAJORITY OF UNOFFICIALS IN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS MEANT THAT THE GOVERNMENT NOW HAD ACCESS TO A STILL WIDER RANGE OF OPINION AND ADVICE IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING LAWS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THIS OPINION AND ADVICE REFLECT THE AMBITIONS, HOPES AND BEST INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
/+I WELLCOME