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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
UNIVERSITY INTAKE NEEDS TO BE INCREASED
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UP SPEED
MANPOWER
THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED INCREASING THE INTAKE LEVEL OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND
OUR EDUCATION STANDARD OF
SECONDARY SCHOOL
TRAINING RAISING THE
BY
HON HO
THE STUDENTS, SAI-CHU SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE
REPORT NO. 3, MR HO SAID THE REPORT HAD CAUSED CONCERN
EDUCATION
COMMISSION
AND
FROM THE PUBLICATION.
EDUCATION
VIEWS
PROFESSION
AND
WERE DIVIDED
BUT
INTERESTED PARTIES
BACKED
THEIR
BY,
REACTIONS SINCE ITS RESPECTIVE
ARGUMENTS.
HE
CONCERNED URGED
AUTHORITIES THE
PROS AND CONS BEFORE CONSIDERATION AND WEIGH THE DECISION.
TO GIVE MAKING
CAREFUL A FINAL
COMMERCIAL SECTOR AND
WELL AS
BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AS OTHER INDUSTRIES, MR HO MADE SOME COMMENTS FROM THE POINT OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.
"WHAT
ALSO A VARIOUS VIEW OF
GRADUATES OF
TERTIARY
LEAVERS AS
WE NEED APART FROM THE INSTITUTIONS ARE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOL FIELD WORKERS IN VARIOUS TRADES.
"THERE IS A SERIOUS
SHORTAGE
OF GRADUATES
AT THE TERTIARY FROM OUR TERTIARY OF GRADUATES LEVEL AT PRESENT. THE NUMBER
BEARING IN INSTITUTIONS CANNOT MEET THE DEMAND OF THE LABOUR MARKET,
SERIOUS RECENTLY," MIND THAT THE BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE HE SAID.
THE
HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN
IN THE EDUCATIONAL INTAKE LEVEL OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND A RISE STANDARD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THAT ALL MATRICULATION COURSES WITH THIS IN MIND, HE AGREED
ADOPT A TWO-YEAR COURSE STRUCTURE RUN BY SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD JUST LIKE THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF FORM 6 AND FORM 7.
STUDENTS AT A COMMON PROCEDURE ON THE THE CANDIDATES, HE
ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SHOULD ADMIT ENTRY POINT AFTER FORM 7 THROUGH A JOINT ADMISSION BASIS OF THE PREFERENCES AND ACADEMIC RESULTS OF SAID.
MR HO EXPLAINED THAT THE MERIT OF SUCH A SYSTEM PRESENT DISCREPANCIES ARISING FROM THE ADMISSION SYSTEMS THE TWO UNIVERSITIES COULD BE AVOIDED.
WAS THAT THE
OPERATED
BY
"AN ADDED