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+WHEN FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR RESEARCHES, THEY SHOULD NOT BE SOLELY USED FOR RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. INNOVATIVE RESEARCHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS SHOULD ALSO BE ENCOURAGED, HE ADDED.
DR TSE SAID HE FELT THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A LOCAL BODY TO ASSESS ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ON THE BASIS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
HE SAID POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, WITH RESPECT TO THE SYSTEM OF NON-DEGREE COURSES AND THE RECOGNITION OF ACADEMIC QUAL IF ICATIONS, STILL REMAINED IN A CHAOTIC AND CONFUSING STATE UP TO THE PRESENT MOMENT.
+WITHOUT AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT, THE QUALIFICATIONS AWARDED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED FIVE YEARS OF TERTIARY EDUCATION ARE DOWNGRADED TO A LEVEL WHICH IS LOWER THAN THOSE AWARDED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN TWO-YEAR OR THREE-YEAR COURSES, HE SAID.
+THE SITUATION HAS ALSO CREATED OBSTACLES INDIRECTLY FOR INSTITUTIONS IN ACADEMIC COOPERATION, HE ADDED.
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL BODY TO ASSESS ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, DR TSE SAID HE HOPED THAT THE DISCREPANCIES WHICH HAD CONFUSED THE PUBLIC, FRUSTRATED YOUTHFUL STUDENTS AND DISAPPOINTED EDUCATIONAL WORKERS BE REMOVED QUICKLY.
SPEAKING ON THE FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, DR TSE SAID THAT IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THE EFFICIENCY AND INFLUENCE OF BOARD MEMBERS IN EXECUTING THEIR DUTIES, GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER ACCEPTING THEIR REQUEST FOR SETTING UP OFFICES IN THEIR DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING REASONABLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO WERE IN NEED OF IT IN THE FORM OF A RENT REDUCTION, A SUBSIDY FOR CLERICAL SERVICE AND A COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.
+ I HOPE GOVERNMENT WILL INVESTIGATE INTO AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF BOTH THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF DB MEMBERS' WORK IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS, AND THEN CONSIDER THE ABOVE PROPOSAL ON THIS FACTUAL BASIS, HE SAID.
HE FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT IN FUTURE, APART FROM CONTINUING TO REFLECT PUBLIC OPINION, THE DISTRICT BOARDS SHOULD, ON THE MAJOR PREMISE THAT CENTRAL POLICIES WERE NOT VIOLATED, TAKE UP MORE SUPERVISORY AND DECISION-MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE HANDLING OF DISTRICT AFFAIRS BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
BY SO DOING, THE VARIOUS DAY-TO-DAY MEASURES ADOPTED IN THE DISTRICTS COULD SATISFY THE NEEDS AND WISHES OF THE PUBLIC IN A BETTER WAY, HE ADDED.
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