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+ONCE A WORKER HAS BEEN PAID WAGES FROM THE FUND, HIS RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THOSE WASES WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND, BUT HIS OTHER RIGHTS TO PRIORITY PAYMENT OF OTHER DEBTS, SUCH AS SEVERANCE PAY, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED, HE ADDED.
THE BILL ALSO PROPOSES CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE AND THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
AUTONOMY FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS URGED
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WITHIN NORMAL BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, AND SAFEGUARDS AS TO THE EFFICIENT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS, LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SHOUL BE FREE TO DEVELOP AND TO MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS, THE HON JOHN SWAINE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+THIS WILL HELP TO PROVIDE THE UNDERPINNING OF THE HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY THAT IS THE AGREED AIM FOR HONG KONG ITSELF, + MR SWALE SAID WHEN TABLING THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE FOR 1983 AND 1984 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION, WITH THE INCREASING DEPENDENCE OF THE INSTITUTIONS ON PUBLIC FUNDS, TO ENCROACH ON THE AUTONOMY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS.
+SELF-REGULATION IN THIS FIELD AS IN OTHER FIELDS OF ENDEAVOUR
IS THE HALL-MARK OF THE HONG KONG SYSTEM.
+ BUT WHERE PUBLIC FUNDING IS INVOLVED, OF COURSE, THERE LIES A POSITIVE DUTY ON THE PART OF THE INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT SELF-REGULATION WORKS,+ HE SAID.
REVIEWING THE WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) IN 1983 AND 1984, MR SWAINE NOTED THAT TWO EVENTS OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE COMMITTEE WERE: THE DECISION THAT THE BAPTIST COLLEGE SHOULD BECOME A PUBLICLY FUNDED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM NOVEMBER 1983; AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC IN JANUARY 1984.
THE COMMITTEE, THEREFORE, NOW ADVISED ON THE FUNDING OF FIVE INSTITUTIONS - THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS AND THE BAPTIST COLLEGE, MR SWAINE SAID.
/THIS FUNDING