WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1976
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HE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THE BILL, INCLUDING SOME DESIGNED TO HELP PRESERVE CONTINUITY AND THE TRADITIONAL IDENTITY OF EACH CONSTITUENT COLLEGE.
+THESE AMENDMENTS, TOGETHER WITH THOSE DESCRIBED EARLIER BY DR. CHUNG, WILL MEET MOST OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS OF CONCERN EXPRESSED BY THE VARIOUS GROUPS,+ HE SAID.
HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK COULD NOT COVER ALL OF THE PROCEDURES THAT OUGHT TO BE CONDUCTED IF THE UNIVERSITY WAS TO WIN THE CONSENT AND SUPPORT OF ITS MEMBERS. HE AGREED WITH MR. LI FOOK-WO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSULTATION, CO-OPERATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGES IF A SPIRIT OF HARMONY WAS TO PREVAIL.
ON THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE REFERENCE IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE BILL TO STUDENT-ORIENTATED TEACHING+, THE SECRETARY SAID HE DID NOT THINK THIS REFERENCE WOULD PROVE TO BE RESTRICTIVE TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AS IT WAS LEFT TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGES TO INTERPRET HOW THIS AIM SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT.
ON THE QUESTION OF A COMMON MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR ALL UNIVERSITY ENTRANTS AND THE LENGTH OF THE MAIN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, HE SAID HE HAS TAKEN NOTE OF THE ADVANTAGES EXPOUNDED.
+THESE ARE PROPOSALS WHICH, IF THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL SO ADVISES, COULD BE PUT TO THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, HE ADDED.
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