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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1985
THIS FUNDING TOOK THE FORM OF BOTH RECURRENT AND CAPITAL GRANTS, AND TOTAL GRANTS IN THE LAST COMPLETE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1984, AMOUNTED TO $1 009 272 938 FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE AND $159 168 703 FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, HE SAID.
THE ESTIMATED STUDENT POPULATION AT THE FIVE INSTITUTIONS AT DECEMBER 31, 1984, THE END OF THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT, NUMBERED APPROXIMATELY 27 460.
THIS WAS MADE UP OF 6 550 STUDENTS AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY 5 850 AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, 12 200 AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, 767 AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND 2 100 AT THE BAPTIST COLLEGE,
FIRST YEAR DEGREE PLACES PROVIDED REPRESENTED 3.1 PER CENT OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP (THE MEAN OF THE 17 TO 20 YEAR OLDS) AND THE PRESENT TARGETTED GROWTH WAS FOR THE PROVISION OF FULL TIME FIRST YEAR PLACES FOR SIX PER CENT OF THAT AGE GROUP BY 1989-90 AND FOR EI GHT PER CENT BY 1994-95.
+AS THE AGE GROUP STARTS TO RISE TOWARDS THE END OF THE CENTURY, A FURTHER INSTITUTION WILL BE REQUIRED AND THE UPGC HAS ALREADY RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE A NEW UNIVERSITY, CENTRED ON PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS AND WITH A STRONG POSTGRADUATE AND RESEARCH EMPHASIS, + MR SWAINE SAID.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE OVERSEAS MEMBERS OF THE UPGC. THEY WERE DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC PERSONALITIES DRAWN FROM THE U.K., AUSTRALIA AND, UNTIL A RECENT RETIREMENT, FROM CANADA.
THERE
MR SWAINE SAID WITH THE INCREASING PACE OF LOCALISATION WOULD BE GROWING LOCAL REPRESENTATION ON THE UPGC, BUT IT WA ESSENTIAL THAT AN OVERSEAS ELEMENT SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR THE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT THIS BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE, AND IN ORDER THAT A CORRECT BALANCE COULD BE MAINTAINED.
+ A STRONG UPGC IS ESSENTIAL IF THE AIMS AND ASPIRATIONS OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND ITS ELABORATION AT SECTION X ARE TO BE ACHIEVED, HE SAID.
+THIS PROVIDES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND FOR AUTONOMY OF DECISION IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE,
OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING THE ALLOCATION FUNDS, THE SYSTEM OF ACADEMIC AWARDS AND THE RECOGNITION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL QUALIFICATIONS, HE ADDED.
MR SWAINE SAID THE MOVE TOWARDS LOCALISATION WAS REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSALS NOW UNDER STUDY BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHING OF A LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF NON-UNIVERSITY DEGREE COURSE.
SUCH ACCREDITATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED UP TO NOW, BY THE U.K. COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS, WITH A MEASURE OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION.
THE COMPOSITION