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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1994
BY THE EXECUTIVE THE INDICATIVE 1995-98
CONSIDERED THE INTERIM
WAS FIRST REPORT COUNCIL IN AUGUST 1993 AND ITS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS BY INSTITUTION, LEVEL AND YEAR FOR THE TRIENNIUM WERE APPROVED FOR BROAD PLANNING PURPOSES.
UPGC
REPORT THAT WITHIN
IN ITS THE
ALSO
ITS INTERIM RECOMMENDED CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS OF "CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE".
REGION AS THIS CONCEPT RELATED TO HONG KONG'S POSITION IN THE
ACADEMIC AND RESOURCE AND BEYOND HAVING REGARD TO THE STRATEGIC,
HIGHER EDUCATION IMPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPING SUCH CENTRES WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG, IT WAS FURTHER ELABORATED BY THE UPGC AN EXPANDED INTERIM REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVAL THIS MONTH.
AND FOR
GOVERNMENT THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE PROPOSAL ON WHICH THE
VIEWS WAS THE WOULD BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC UPGC'S FAVOURED OPTION OF DEVELOPING CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
THE
THE
HE SAID THE UPGC'S LONG-TERM VISION OF THE FUTURE WAS THAT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTIONS WHICH SHOULD:
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INCORPORATE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED GROUPS OF DEPARTMENTS AS CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE HAVING
REGIONAL LOCAL, INTERNATIONAL FUNCTIONS;
AND
PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY BILINGUAL MANPOWER FOR BOTH AND THE HINTERLAND;
HONG KONG
IN INNOVATIVE SOUTHERN CHINA
ACT
AS POINTS
PARTICULARLY OF REFERENCE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN AND MORE WIDELY; AND
HAVE WITHIN APPROVED TARGETS SOME UNDERGRADUATES AND ONE-THIRD POSTGRADUATE NON-LOCAL STUDENTS.
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THE
UPGC EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PRECISE COST FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
PREDICT THE
HOWEVER,
OF THE COMMITTEE ESTIMATED THAT THE ADDITIONAL COST
OF ITS OPERATING
IMPLEMENTATION CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AFTER FULL PROPOSALS COULD BE BETWEEN FIVE PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT ABOVE CURRENT PROJECTIONS.
THIS WOULD REPRESENT BETWEEN $400 MILLION AND $800 MILLION CURRENT PRICES, BUT THE UPGC HAS INDICATED THAT IT WOULD LIKELY UP TO 10 YEARS TO REACH THIS LEVEL.
T
AT
TAKE
SAID THE SPOKESMAN, TO BE EXAMINED SCHOOL SECTOR
"CLEARLY THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROPOSAL, ADDING THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS WOULD NEED CAREFULLY HAVING REGARD TO THE COMPETING NEEDS OF THE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS. WERE ALSO MUCH REQUIRED,
TERTIARY HONG KONG'S
"IN PRINCIPLE, A PLAN SUCH AS THIS TO ENSURE THAT THE INSTITUTIONS ARE WORLD RENOWNED AND CAPABLE OF MEETING FUTURE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS IS TO BE WELCOMED.
/"HOWEVER, WE
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