WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1993
EFFORTS MADE TO DEVELOP BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HK
VARIOUS
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
*
THE
DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SUPPORT MEASURES TO HELP
INTRODUCED, THE IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
AND FOR TRADE
MR T H INDUSTRY,
CHAU, INFORMED THE
THESE MEASURES INCLUDE:
*
A JOCKEY CLUB GRANT OF $170 MILLION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. THIS PROVIDES A RANGE
FOR AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES
BIOTECHNOLOGY OF RESEARCH
PROMOTES COMPANIES,
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND COMMERCIALISE THE RESULTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH;
HELPS
OF
BIO-
AND
AND
GRANT OF A JOCKEY CLUB
$130 MILLION TO SET UP THE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY
THIS IS TARGETING RESEARCH ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND DIAGNOSTICS, DRUG DELIVERY DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING GENETIC ENGINEERING;
*
THE INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
THE FUNDED BY
UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS
*
*
COMMITTEE (UPGC)
THE WASTE RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE AT THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE FUNDED BY THE UPGC;
SIX OF THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS BIOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED STUDY PROGRAMMES AT VARIOUS LEVELS
AT
PRESENT
PROVIDE OF
STUDY;
IN
THE 1992/93, INTRODUCED;
FOLLOWING
COURSES B.SC.
HAVE BEEN
(I)
APPLIED BIOLOGY/APPLIED CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
CHINESE
(II) BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, AND
(ITT)
BIOCHEMISTRY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG
AND
AND B.SC. IN APPLIED BIOLOGY 1993/94, A WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
KONG;
BIOTECHNOLOGY
* IN
THERE WERE 12 SUCH MILLION EACH YEAR.
FUNDED
ALSO FUNDS IN ADDITION, THE RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL PROJECTS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY. FOR EACH OF THE YEAR 1991/92 AND
PROJECTS, RESEARCH
INVOLVING
ABOUT
RESEARCH 1992/93, $12
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEVEN CHAU SAID THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (ITDC)
GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED A BIOTECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE TO MATTERS IN THIS FIELD.
POON, MR
HAD
ADVISE
ON
IN ADDITION