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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
MR LAU POINTED OUT THAT THE INHERENTLY
RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF IMPROVEMENT AND
THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME OFFERED LITTLE INCENTIVE FOR MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO COMPETE WITH AND AIDED
SCHOOLS,
WHICH WERE
PROVIDED
WITH
MORE
SUBSIDY
IN CONTRAST, UNDER THE PROPOSED DIRECT ANY SCHOOLS ATTAINING THE PRESCRIBED STANDARDS WOULD BE THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, BUT WOULD RECEIVE NO ON SCHOOL FEES AND CURRICULA.
DEFINITIVE
GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES.
SCHEME (DSS),
ELIGIBLE FOR RESTRICTIONS
"SCHOOLS WILL THUS BE ALLOWED POLICIES," MR LAU SAID.
MORE FREEDOM TO DECIDE
THEIR
FREER
IMPROVE
THEIR
HAVE A MUCH "THEY WILL ALSO
то HAND QUALITY AND IN COMPETING FOR THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
"ULTIMATELY OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS.
+
*1
COMPETITION
AND,
OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
I
THE DSS BELIEVE
WILL
FAIR ENCOURAGE EVENTUALLY, IT WILL RAISE THE STANDARDS OF THEREFORE FULLY SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION.
ON THE
AND
THAT LINKED SECONDARY EXISTING 5-2-3 SYSTEM
EVIDENTLY SERVED THE TERTIARY EDUCATION, MR LAU SAID THE SYSTEM HAD
WHO HAD GRADUATES COMMUNITY WELL AND HAD PRODUCED QUALIFIED EFFECTIVELY MET OUR NEEDS IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SPHERES.
TWO-YEAR
SIXTH
FORM
A
A
TERTIARY
MR COURSE,
LAU SAID DEFENDING THE
TECHNICAL TWO-YEAR SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM WHICH INCLUDED PRACTICAL AND COURSES, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES BASED ON EXISTING
A FOUNDATION COURSE LEVEL COURSES, EDUCATION.
WOULD SERVE
AS
IT COULD ALSO BE A STAGE OF MORE ADVANCED JOINING THE WORKFORCE ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE.
MR LAY SUPPORTED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A TO TERTIARY EDUCATION.
THE SYSTEM WAS FAIR BECAUSE THE ENTRY OR
ALL INSTITUTIONS, SAME FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PRIORITY.
FOR
STUDY FOR STUDENTS
COMMON ENTRY POINT
EXIT POINT WAS THE AND
GET NOBODY WOULD
THE KEEPING
IN ADDITION, MR LAU BELIEVED THAT BY SYSTEM TO THREE YEARS RATHER THAN FOUR, HONG KONG COULD SAVE CAPITAL AND CURRENT EXPENDITURE, WHICH COULD BE BETTER USED TO THE STUDENT POPULATION IN THE UNIVERSITIES.
TERTIARY ON BOTH EXPAND
BESIDES, IT WOULD CAUSE THE LEAST DISRUPTION
ΤΟ THE
EXISTING
SYSTEM.
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