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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1986
+BY THE MID-1990'S, HONG KONG WILL HAVE SIX DEGREE-AWARDING INSTITUTIONS, PROVIDING DEGREE PLACES FOR SOME 32 000 OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
+WE SHALL HAVE OUR OWN VALIDATION SYSTEM WHICH WILL ENSURE THE HIGH STANDARD AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF OUR DEGREE COURSES.+
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD A HIERARCHY OF COMMITTEES TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY WERE PROPERLY ADDRESSED. THESE INCLUDED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AND THE RECENTLY FORMED CHINESE TEXTBOOKS COMMITTEE.
+MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES, COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTS AND STRONG LINKS EXIST BETWEEN THEM AND THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS.+
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS ONLY THREE YEARS SINCE THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC BEGAN ITS DEGREE PROGRAMMES YET IT HAS STARTED TO PROVIDE MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMMES THIS YEAR.
+THE INTRODUCTION OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC MARKS A FURTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INSTITUTION AND WILL ASSIST IT IN ACHIEVING ITS TARGET OF HAVING 30 PER CENT OF ITS FULL TIME STUDENTS IN DEGREE PROGRAMMES BY THE START OF THE NEXT DECADE, HE ADDED.
IMPROVED PROPERTY MARKET BENEFITS SPREAD THROUGHOUT
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THE PROPERTY MARKET HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST YEAR FUELLED AND SUSTAINED BY THE GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY AND BY LOW AND STABLE INTEREST RATES, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS AND THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS HE SAID THE BENEFITS OF THESE TRENDS HAD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE FAMILY BUYING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.
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