WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1986
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MR CHEN ALSO REFERRED TO A 1984 MASS SURVEY REPORT PUBLISHED IN 1985, WHICH SHOWED A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE IN THE COMMISSION AND A HEALTHY TREND IN PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS CORRUPTION.
FEWER PEOPLE NOW REGARD CORRUPTION AS THE MAJOR SOCIAL PROBLEM IT ONCE WAS, HE NOTED.
MR CHEN SAID THE REPORT SHOWED THE WORK OF THE ICAC HAD CONTINUED TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC CRIME AGAINST GOVERNMENT WOULD BE HOSTED BY THE ICAC IN HONG KONG AT THE END OF 1987.
NEW COLLEGE TO BE SET UP AT CHINESE UNIVERSITY
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A BILL TO GIVE LEGAL EFFECT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FOURTH COLLEGE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ENTITLED THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (DECLARATION OF SHAW COLLEGE) BILL 1986, IT PROVIDED FOR A SCHEDULE GOVERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW COLLEGE, THE HON S.L. CHEN SAID.
SPEAKING DURING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR CHEN POINTED OUT THAT EXISTING FACILITIES AT CHUNG CHI NEW ASIA AND THE UNITED COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY HAD LONG REACHED MAXIMUM UTILISATION LEVELS,
+1T HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR AN EXPANSION OF COLLEGIATE FACILITIES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY.
+THE TIME HAS COME. THEREFORE, FOR CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FOURTH COLLEGE ALONG MUCH THE SAME LINES AS THE THREE EXISTING ONES+, HE SAID.
MR CHEN NOTED THAT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ORDINANCE 1976 PROVIDED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COLLEGES BY ORDINANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.
TO ESTABLISH SHAW COLLEGE AS A COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY, THE COUNCIL HAD ACCORDINGLY PASSED A SPECIAL RESOLUTION, AND A BILL WAS NOW PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, HE SAID.
THERE WAS ALSO A CONSEQUENT NEED TO MAKE MINOR AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, HE ADDED.
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