WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994
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LANGUAGE FUND ALLOCATION RESULTS OUT AT YEAR END
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR LAM WOON- KWONG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION REGARDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS THAT A LANGUAGE FUND WOULD BE SET INITIAL ALLOCATION OF $300 MILLION, WILL THE INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING:
1993 POLICY UP WITH AN GOVERNMENT
(A) WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN BY THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS MADE' AND THE AMOUNT APPLIED FOR' IN RESPECT OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF APPLICATIONS: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT DepartmenTS, SUBSIDISED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL BODIES, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS;
(B)
(C)
(D)
HOW ARE THE APPLICATIONS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ASSESSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION; WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THOSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FUNDING NOT SEEKING THE REQUIRED FUNDS THROUGH INTERNAL REDEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT; AND WHETHER SUCH APPLICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF THE GOVERNMENT COMPETING WITH THE PUBLIC FOR RESOURCES;
THE
WHEN IS IT EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF FIRST BATCH OF APPLICATIONS; WHEN WILL THE SECOND ALLOCATION COMMENCE AND WHAT WILL BE THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION; AND
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR FUNDING ALLOCATION ADOPTED BY THE LANGUAGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE?
REPLY
:
MR PRESIDENT,
(A)
BROKEN
DOWN
THE LANGUAGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE (THE COMMITTEE) HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 177 APPLICATIONS, AS FOLLOWS
T
APPLICANT'S GROUP
NO. OF APPLICATIONS
TOTAL AMOUNT APPLIED FOR
($M)
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
21
273
OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
6
10
/SUBSIDISED TERTIARY
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