THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1994

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RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 57 WITH INDIVIDUALS AND

A BEC SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMMISSION WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS AND HELD NINE MEETINGS ORGANISATIONS TO RECEIVE THEIR REPRESENTATIONS.

HE SAID THE REPORT WOULD BE TABLED IN THE

NEXT WEDNESDAY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PRESS

THE BBC CHAIRMAN, MR JUSTICE WOO KWOK-HING, WILL HOST CONFERENCE AT 3.30 PM ON MAY 4 TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE REPORT.

CONFERENCE ROOM, 10TH THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE BEC FLOOR, HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

COPIES OF THE REPORT

WILL BE

AVAILABLE FOR THE MEDIA FOR

ADVANCE READING STARTING 2.30 PM THAT DAY.

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UPGC DELEGATION RETURNS FROM BEIJING VISIT

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A DELEGATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS ΤΟ COMMITTEE (UPGC) HAS RETURNED TO HONG KONG AFTER A THREE-DAY VISIT BEIJING FROM APRIL 19 TO 21.

"THE BRIEF VISIT HAS ENABLED US TO UNDERSTAND BETTER CHINA'S

POLICY, HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND

WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT, UPGC CHAIRMAN, MR ANTONY LEUNG, SAID.

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"ON OUR ARRIVAL WE HAD A LENGTHY AND USEFUL MEETING WITH FROM OFFICIALS OF THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION AND REPRESENTATIVES A NUMBER OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN BEIJING, HE ADDED.

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EDUCATION,

THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON CURRENT EDUCATION POLICY AND PRACTICE IN CHINA, INCLUDING THE FUNDING OF HIGHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY, HE SAID.

OF

THE DELEGATION VISITED THE CHINESE ACADEMY

SCIENCES, NORMAL UNIVERSITY QINGHUA UNIVERSITY, BEIJING UNIVERSITY AND BEIJING AND HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR STAFF, RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS.

VISIT, THE DURING THE

DELEGATION MET VICE-PREMIER OF THE WITH HIM ON CHINESE STATE COUNCIL, MR LI LANQING, AND EXCHANGE VIEWS DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN HONG KONG, CHINA INTERNATIONALLY.

AND

AND KONG

MACAU DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR

VISITED THE IN ADDITION, MEMBERS ALSO AFFAIRS OFFICE AND HAD A BRIEF MEETING WITH ITS CHEN ZIYING.

HONG

/"DURING ALL

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