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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1988
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WITH MEMBERSHIP DRAWN FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERTISE, MRS CHAN BELIEVED THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WOULD PLAY A USEFUL IN IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE
NUCLEAR AUTHORITIES AND THE HONG AND THE OPERATOR OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION KONG COMMUNITY.
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PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE TO THE DAYA EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE OPERATION AND SAFETY ASPECTS OF
THIS BAY NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT AND TO KEEP ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS ON FRONT, SHE SAID.
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"THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS WELL-ESTBLISHED CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY AND THE RELEVANT NUCLEAR
CONSULTATIVE AUTHORITIES. BUT THE
COMMITTEE VALUABLE ADDITION TO THESE CHANNELS," MRS CHAN ADDED.
STATEMENT ON COST ESTIMATES OF DEGREE SYSTEM CHANGE
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPLAINING HOW THE COSTS OF CHANGING TO A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE SYSTEM WERE ESTIMATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 3.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID PARAGRAPH 3.53 OF THE REPORT GAVE AN INDICATION OF THE COST IF MOST FIRST DEGREE COURSES WERE TO LAST FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
"THE PARAGRAPH STATED THAT THIS COULD NOT BE CALCULATED WITH CERTAINTY AS THE FIGURE WOULD DEPEND ON HOW MANY COURSES WERE LONGER THAN THREE YEARS, AND THIS COULD NOT BE PREDICTED.
"IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SAY ONLY THAT THE COST WOULD LIE BETWEEN THE MOST EXPENSIVE APPROACH (I.E. ALL FIRST DEGREES TO TAKE FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING TWO YEARS OF SIXTH FORM STUDY) AND THE CHEAPEST (I.E. ALL FIRST DEGREES TO TAKE THREE YEARS FOLLOWING TWO YEARS OF SIXTH FORM STUDY).
"THE COSTS OF THESE EXTREMES WERE STATED ΤΟ BE RESPECTIVELY $700 MILLION MORE AND $140 MILLION LESS PER YEAR THAN THE EXISTING SYSTEM," HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SOME CRITICS FELT THAT THE ESTIMATE OF $700 MILLION WAS TOO HIGH AND HE HOPED THAT THIS STATEMENT WOULD SERVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS FIGURE WAS ESTIMATED.
THE STATEMENT ALSO EXAMINED THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE COSTS OF CHANGING TO A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE SYSTEM COULD BE CHANGING TO A SIX-YEAR SECONDARY SYSTEM.
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