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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1984
THE ASSOCIATION IS NOW HOSTING THE THIRD HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC,+ WHICH IS BEING PLAYED FROM NOVEMBER 17 TO 25.
TOP BOWLERS AND TEAMS FROM NINE COUNTRIES. INCLUDING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, WILL BE PLAYING ALONGSIDE 22 LEADING HONG KONG BOWLERS.
MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED AT THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB AND THE KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB.
EDUCATION KEEPS EXPANDING ****
DESPITE THE BUDGET DEFICIT, THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT SEEKING TO INHIBIT EXPANSION IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
+EXCITING PROSPECTS ARE LOOMING ON THE HORIZON FOR EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR, PROVIDED THAT THE QUESTION OF FINANCE IS TACKLED RESOLUTELY AND SENSIBLY AT AN EARLY STAGE, SIR JOHN SAID.
ADDRESSING THE 12TH GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, HE POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION HAD INCREASED BY NEARLY 18 PER CENT, FROM $753 MILLION IN 1983-84 TO AN ESTIMATED $887 MILLION IN 1984-85. A LARGE PART OF THIS EXPENDITURE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY CAPITAL SUBVENTIONS.
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC NOW OFFERS EIGHT DEGREE COURSES, COMPARED WITH FIVE LAST YEAR. THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, WHICH HAS JUST STARTED WITH SOME 504 FULL-TIME AND 724 PART-TIME STUDENTS, EXPECTS TO INTRODUCE A NUMBER OF DEGREE COURSES IN 1986-87.
EVENTUALLY THE TWO POLYTECHNICS TOGETHER WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 27 000 FULL-TIME AND EQUIVALENT PART-TIME PLACES, OF WHICH UP TO 30 PER CENT WILL BE FOR STUDENTS IN DEGREE COURSES.
THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE. WILL ALSO OFFER A NUMBER OF DEGREE COURSES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
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