WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990
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UPGO TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEETING INCREASED DEMAND FOR ACADEMIC STAFF
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THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC ORANTS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO SEE HOW AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR ACADEMIC STAFF CAN ВЕ MET, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWPE, THE HON k.Y. YEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON EDWARD HO, MR YEUNG SAID HE COULD ASSURE MEMBERS THAT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE VERY CAREFULLY EXAMINED WHEN THEY REACHED HIM LATER THIS MONTH.
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"WHILE THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS ARE, BY AND LARGE, ABLE ΤΟ RECRUIT SUITABLE ACADEMIC STAFF, THE CHALLENGE POSED BY GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO DOUBLE THE PROVISION OF FIRST-YEAR FIRST-DEGREE PLACES BY 1994-95 IS A REAL ONE AND SHOULD NOT BE UNDER-ESTIMATED, SAID.
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MR YEUNG SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE MEASURES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD CONSIDERED INCLUDED A REVIEW OF SALARY RELATIVITIES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS AN EXAMINATION OF POSSIBILITIES FOR HAVING A MORE FLEXIBLE PACKAGE OF FRINGE BENEFITS, RAISING OF EXISTING LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY, INCREASED FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH, AND INCREASING THE LOCAL SUPPLY OF ACADEMIC STAFF THROUGH ENHANCED POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMMES.
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"SEPARATELY MY BRANCH 18 ALSO CONSIDERING THE NEED FOR AUGMENTING OUR EXISTING COMPLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, PLACES,
IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE RECRUITMENT OF OVERSEAS ACADEMICS WILL THE GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR, THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION, HE SAID.
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MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS RECENT PAST, HE HAD INFORMED MEMBERS THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO OFF OF INTEREST IN ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT FROM EITHER LOCAL OR OVERSEAS SOURCES, AND THAT OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE ABLE SUCCESSFULLY FOR STAFF.
"I HAVE ENQUIRED AGAIN OF THE UNIVERSITY AND GRANTS COMMITTEE AND CAN CONFIRM THAT ON THE WHOLE THIS CASE.
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"THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN SECTORAL SHORTFALLS. A COMMON FEATURE AMONGST ALL THE INSTITUTIONS IS THAT GOOD PEOPLE ARE HARD TO GET IN CERTAIN DISCIPLINES, SUCH AS FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND COMPUTING.
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HOWEVER, THAT THIS REFLECTS
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