WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
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MR LEE SAID HE APPRECIATED THAT THE PROPOSED MIGHT COST THE TAXPAYER MORE MONEY.
SYSTEM OF 5-1-4
—
ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT AN BUT NOT FOR THE SHORT TERM
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REMEMBER THAT WE "BUT WE MUST INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG FOR 20 YEARS AND MORE FROM NOW," HE SAID.
THE
GOVERNOR, IN
HAD
HIS MR LEE SAID THAT
POLICY SPEECH, OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REFERRED TO THE "CLEAR RECOMMENDATION" THAT WHERE MORE RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE, THE FIRST PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENTERING TERTIARY EDUCATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAID, THE
GOVERNMENT PUT QUANTITY BEFORE
QUALITY.
MR LEE
THAT CONTENDED
HONG KONG NEEDED BOTH
QUANTITY AND, IF NECESSARY, THE TERRITORY MUST BE MORE MONEY.
AND QUALITY PREPARED TO SPEND
"TO ADOPT
A
POLICY OF CHURNING
OUT
GREATER
THE
NUMBER OF RIGHT WAY
A UNIVERSITY GRADUATES OF A LOWER CALIBRE IS SIMPLY NOT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, HE SAID.
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THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION
HAD
AN
IT
MR LEE SAID HE NOTED
GIVEN TERTIARY INSTITUTION THAT ASSURANCE IT WOULD NOT DICTATE TO ANY
THAT EACH SHOULD HAVE A THREE-YEAR OR A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE COURSE, AND INSTITUTION WAS FREE TO DECIDE ON THE LENGTH OF ITS COURSES.
FINANCIAL
CRITERIA
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BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT CLEARLY POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) STATED THAT THE UNIVERSITY AND
OWN ACADEMIC WOULD CONTINUE TO USE ITS JUDGE INDIVIDUAL CASES IN THE LIGHT OF AT THE TIME.
AND GOVERNMENT POLICY PREVAILING
PREVAILING
THE
WERE TO APPROACH THE AND SO, IF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
DEGREE COURSE, AND THE FOUR-YEAR UPGC FOR FUNDS FOR A GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS THAT IT SHOULD BE A THREE-YEAR COURSE, THEN UPGC WOULD ONLY GRANT FUNDS FOR THREE YEARS.
THUS THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS DID NOT ENJOY DECIDING ON THE LENGTH OF THEIR COURSES, HE SAID.
THE WAY:
REAL FREEDOM IN
ACADEMIC
BACK
GOVERNMENT GIVES THE "OR PUT IN ANOTHER FREEDOM TO THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WITH ONE HAND, AND TAKES IT WITH THE OTHER, HE ADDED.
MR
LEE
EXPRESSED ALSO TELEVISION ON CHILDREN.
DEEP
CONCERN
THE OVER
EFFECT
OF
OF
"WHAT WE NEED
CONSISTING IS A HIGH-POWERED COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS FROM ALL RELEVANT
WORK AND IN THE TV EXPERTS IN EDUCATION, CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
то LOOK INTO FIELD, AS WELL AS PARENTS AND OTHER CONCERNED PERSONS, THESE UNKNOWN AREAS WHICH AFFECT THE LIVES OF ALL SAID.
OUR CHILDREN,
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