WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989
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MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF SIX AMENDMENT CLAUSES TO MOVED BY DR IP DURING THE BILL'S COMMITTEE STAGE.
THE BILL WERE
THAT THEY CONCERNED, AMONG MOVING THESE CLAUSES, DR IP SAID
THE PROVISION FOR OTHER THINGS, THE DEFINITION OF OPEN LEARNING AND
TWO WITH THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT A MAXIMUM OF 14 MEMBERS, INCLUDING RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN OTHER PROFESSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
MOREOVER,
AN
WAS MADE AMENDMENT
TO THE EFFECT THAT THE AND THE TREASURER OF THE GOVERNING CHAIRMAN, THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS WITH EXPERIENCE COUNCIL WOULD BE APPOINTED FROM AMONG THOSE IN COMMERCE, INDUSTRY OR IN OTHER PROFESSIONS.
AND CRITERIA THE POWER OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD TO SET STANDARDS
ALSO BECOME CLEAR UNDER ANOTHER FOR ADMISSION AND EXAMINATION HAD AMENDMENT TO THE BILL.
THE LAST AMENDMENT PROVIDED FOR A RIGHT OF APPEAL COUNCIL AGAINST ANY FINDING OF, OR PENALTY IMPOSED, AT A ENQUIRY.
TO THE OLI DISCIPLINARY
OLI EXPANDS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
OPEN LEARNING
INSTITUTE
(OLI)
WILL
CONTRIBUTË THE
HIGHER EDUCATION SIGNIFICANTLY TO AN EXPANSION IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CHENG WITHOUT CREATING A BURDEN ON PRECIOUS PUBLIC RESOURCES, THE HON HON KWAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
J
SPEAKING DURING
THE
NEW
INSTITUTION
THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE OPEN LEARNING CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG BILL 1989, MR CHENG, WHO WAS
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE OLI, SAID
AND OPEN A NEW CHAPTER WOULD ESTABLISH EDUCATION IN THE TERRITORY.
ON
KONG
THIS WAS BECAUSE THE OLI WOULD PROVIDE THE PEOPLE OF HONG
A TIME AND WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL AT
THEIR MOREOVER, CONTROL. IN AN ENVIRONMENT
MADE A CRITERION FOR PRIOR EDUCATION ADMISSION,
THEY THEMSELVES ATTAINMENT
WOULD
COULD NOT BE
то ITS COURSES
"THE OLI IS THUS OPEN IN TERMS OF BOTH ACCESS AND THE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION, MR CHENG SAID, ADDING THAT ITS COURSE DELIVERY METHODS WERE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE CONVENTIONAL ONES.
WHEN
COMPARED
TO
A REPORT TO THE VARIOUS INSTITUTE
HE SAID THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WOULD SUBMIT
MONTH
ON ITS DELIBERATIONS GOVERNOR NEXT
ON SETTING UP THE OLI AND THAT THE STAGE WHEN THE TO CARRY ON WITH THE TASK OF DELIVERING OPEN LEARNING OF HONG KONG HAD NOW BEEN REACHED.
ASPECTS OF
TO
ITSELF HAD THE PEOPLE
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