MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1993
BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT DISMISSES MALPRACTICE ALLEGATIONS
IN
BUILDINGS RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
TODAY (MONDAY) DEPARTMENT
AS DISMISSED
"COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED" ALLEGATIONS THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORRUPTION AND MALPRACTICE WITHIN THE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING NEW DEVELOPMENT WERE BEING TGNORED.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALWAYS WORKED VERY CLOSELY INDEPENDENT COMMISSION WITH THE CORRUPTION PREVENTION DEPARTMENT OF AGAINST
(ICAC) AND. INVARIABLY RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN ITS PROCEDURES.
CORRUPTION
INCORPORATED
THEIR
THIS CO-OPERATION HAD EVEN BEEN STEPPED UP IN RECENT YEARS,
HE
SAID.
APPROVAL, STATUTORY
HE ADDED THAT
FOR THE HANDLING OF APPLICATIONS CONSENT AND OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ALL REGULATED BY TIGHT PROCEDURES.
IF ANY
A
PERSON HAD ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICULAR CASE WHERE THEY SUSPECTED MALPRACTICE, HE SHOULD REPORT THE FACTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS OR THE ICAC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
OLI REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MORE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED DEGREE COURSES
THE GOVERNMENT
(OLI)
LEARNING WILL ENSURE THAT THE OPEN TO MAKE A BROAD RANGE OF COURSES, CONTINUES COURSES OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED DEGREE STANDARDS, AVAILABLE THE PUBLIC IN THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING MODES.
INCLUDING
INSTITUTE DEGREE
TO
ARE
IN ADDITION, THE OLI IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CHARGE FEES THAT AFFORDABLE IN THE MARKET FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, AND TO REMAIN FINANCIALLY VIABLE ON A SELF-FUNDING BASIS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR OF THE MICHAEL LEUNG, WHEN ADDRESSING THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF OPEN UNIVERSITIES OPENED IN HONG (MONDAY).
MR
KONG TODAY,
30 DIFFERENT:
THE
THE
LEUNG TOLD THE 160 PARTICIPATING GUESTS FROM COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD OF OPEN LEARNING THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
1989 WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO OLI IN
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTED ABOUT $155 MILLION TO THE SETTING UP OF THE INSTITUTE AND ITS RECURRENT COSTS FOR THE INITIAL YEARS.
MILLION TOWARDS
IT HAS RECENTLY GRANTED THE OLI ANOTHER $150 THE COST OF BUILDING ITS OWN HEADQUARTERS, DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1995.
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