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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
+A CENTRALISED ADMISSION SYSTEM ONLY SERVES TO MERGE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES,+ HE EXPLAINED.
+ BUT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND ACADEMIC STANDARD WILL BE DECIDED BY THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES, HE SAID.
IF A FOUR-YEAR CURRICULUM WAS JOINTLY ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITIES. MR LEE SAID THE +3+3+ SECONDARY SYSTEM WAS THE MOST FEASIBLE ONE.
HE BELIEVED A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WERE WILLING TO TAKE UP AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF SERIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDIES AS 40 PER CENT OF THE CANDIDATES WHO SAT THE HKCEE WERE MAKING A SECOND ATTEMPT EVERY YEAR IN ORDER TO OBTAIN BETTER RESULTS.
ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS GRADUATES WHO RETURNED TO HONG KONG, MR LEE HOPED THAT PREFERENCE WOULD BE GIVEN TO LOCAL PEOPLE WHEN RECRUITING WAS UNDERWAY.
+THE DEFINITION OF LOCAL PEOPLE SHOULD INCLUDE HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE RECOGNISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THAN BEING RESTRICTED TO GRADUATES OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS.
RATHER
+STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES OVERSEAS SHOULD BE GIVEN EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMPETING WITH LOCAL GRADUATES,+ HE SAID.
COURAGEOUS STEPS TO EDUCATION REFORMS ADVOCATED
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MORE COURAGEOUS STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO BUILD A SOUND EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR HONG KONG SUCH AS A COMMON ENTRY POINT FOR ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND A UNIFIED SIXTH FORM SYLLABUS, THE HON DAVID LI SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 2, MR LI SAID THIS WAS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE EXAMINATION PRESSURE AND UNCERTAINTIES FACED BY SIXTH FORM STUDENTS.
HE SAID THAT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS REGARDING SIXTH-FORM EDUCATION WERE INADEQUATE TO CORRECT THE FLAWS INHERENT IN THE EXISTING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THAT THEY DID NOT MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED BY PROBLEMS ARISING FROM TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
/MR LI