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Wednesday, June 20, 1973

STUDENT FEES FOR POLYTECHNIC

Student fees for the polytechnic will not be increased in the near

future but may be revised later on.

The Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, indicated

this in the Legislative Council today when replying to a question by the

Hon. Mrs. Joyce Symons.

Sir Hugh said the present fees of $400 a year had remained the same

since 1966 and were taken over by the polytechnic from the technical college

when it was set up in August last year.

"It would therefore be reasonable to expect that the Board of

Governors of the Polytechnic and the University and Polytechnic Grants

Committee would wish to examine the adequacy of these fees in the light of

the costs of running the polytechnic," he said.

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