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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1988
TO THE
MR CHAMBERS OBSERVED THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS HAD REFERRED APPARENTLY SLOW PACE OF REMEDIAL MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION IN AREAS SUCH AS KWUN TONG.
"WHILE WELCOMING MEMBERS' CONCERN, IT MUST BE EMPHASISED THAT DESPITE THE STRENGTHENING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMITMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT WILL, AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT, INEVITABLY TAKE SOME TIME TO BECOME APPARENT, HE SAID.
A MEMBER HAD MADE THE POINT THAT POLLUTION PROBLEMS COULD BE AVOIDED AT NO GREAT COST IF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AT THE PLANNING STAGE.
THIS WAS QUITE CORRECT, BUT WHERE THIS ACTION HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN IT WAS OFTEN A LONG AND EXPENSIVE BUSINESS CLEARING UP THE MESS, MR CHAMBERS SAID.
FUNDS FOR RESEARCH IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
THE GOVERNMENT WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME ALLOCATE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR RESEARCH IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR.
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID THIS DURING THE BUDGET DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID THE SUMS INVOLVED WOULD BE $30 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR, $40 MILLION IN THE SECOND AND $50 MILLION IN THE THIRD.
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"IF WE CAN FIND THE RESOURCES FURTHER INCREASES CAN BE EXPECTED IN LATER YEARS, HE SAID.
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"IN ADDITION WE WILL TRY TO ENCOURAGE A SUBSTANTIAL PROVISION OF POST-GRADUATE PLACES, PARTICULARLY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
MANAGEMENT,"
AT PRESENT ABOUT 16 PER CENT OF PLACES AT THE TWO OLDER UNIVERSITIES WERE AT THE POST-GRADUATE LEVEL; AND THE NEW HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WAS PLANNING FOR ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF ITS INITIAL INTAKE TO BE AT THIS LEVEL.
"AS WE MOVE TOWARDS MEETING THE BASIC DEMAND FOR PLACES WE CAN EXPECT THE PROPORTION AT THE POST-GRADUATE LEVEL TO INCREASE, MR BRIDGE SAID.
/HOWEVER, HE