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+IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING AHEAD FOR JUST 10 OR 20 YEARS. WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE AND WE ARE PLANNING ON MUCH LONGER TERMS, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE LEGCO SOCIAL SERVICES GROUP OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO STUDIED THE BILL SUPPORTED ALL ITS PROVISIONS.
DR FANG IS THE CONVENER OF THE GROUP WHICH COMPRISES THE REV HON PATRICK MCGOVERN, HON WONG LAM, DR HON HO KAM-FAI, HON ANDREW SO, HON F.K. HU, HON K.C. CHAN, HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, HON MRS SELINA CHOW, DR HON HENRIETTA IP, HON CHAN YING-LUN, HON MRS RITA FAN, HON MRS PAULINE NG AND HON YEUNG PO-KWAN.
DR FANG MENTIONED THAT AT FIRST UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED WITH CLAUSE 12 WHICH ALLOWS THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC TO BE DEALT WITH BY CIRCULATION TO ITS MEMBERS.
*AT FIRST WE FELT THAT THIS PROVISION MIGHT RESULT IN CERTAIN CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS BY-PASSING DISCUSSIONS AT FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS.
*WE ARE SATISFIED AFTER BEING INFORMED BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE PROVISION IS INTENDED TO ENABLE SIMPLE MATTERS TO BE TRANSACTED EFFICIENTLY, AND THAT ANY SUBJECT PROPOSED TO BE DEALT WITH BY CIRCULATION WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AT FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS IF ANY OF ITS MEMBERS SO SUGGESTS, DR FANG ADDED.
TURNING TO CLAUSE 7(F) WHICH EMPOWERS THE CITY POLYTECHNIC TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENTS, DR FANG SAID, +WE HOPE THIS PROVISION WILL NOT MERELY BE CONTINGENT, AND SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS CAN BE GIVEN TO THE PROVISION OF STUDENTS' HOSTELS, SAY FOR 20-30 PER CENT OF THE STUDENT POPULATION.
+APART FROM FACILITATING SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG STUDENTS, SUCH HOSTELS WILL ALSO PROVIDE THOSE WHO CAME FROM POOR FAMILIES AND REMOTE DISTRICTS WITH A BETTER PLACE FOR STUDY.+
THE HON S.L. CHEN AND DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI ALSO SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
MR CHEN POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF AN INCREASING DEMAND BY THE YONNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR A POLYTECHNIC TYPE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND AN INCREASING DEMAND ALSO BY LOCAL COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR POLYTECHNIC-TRAINED GRADUATES.
+ IT WAS, I BELIEVE, A TIMELY DECISION BY THE
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A SECOND SUCH INSTITUTION, AND I AM CONF IDENT THAT WITH THE ENACTMENT OF THIS BILL, THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG WILL BE OFF TO A GOOD START, HE SAID.
SPEAK ING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE
PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, MR CHEN THANKED THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER FOR HIS TRIBUTE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
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