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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1

ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, THE COMMISSION FELT THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE EDUCATION RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, THE UNIVERSITIES, THE POLYTECHNICS AND INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION SHOULD BE SUSTAINED AND THAT ALL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE CO-ORDINATED WITH THE PLANNING AND FORMULATION OF EDUCATION POLICIES.

THE ROUGH ESTIMATED COST FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE ABOUT 700 000 IN 1985-86, RISING TO ABOUT $333.1 MILLION IN 1994-95.

ALSO AT TOMORROW'S MEETING, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TO ACCEPT A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FOR BUILDING 35 SECONDARY SCHOOLS BETWEEN 1987 AND 1993 AT A COST OF $553 MILLION AND THE ANNUAL RECURRENT COST OF OPERATING THESE SCHOOLS.

TO ENABLE COMPUTER STUDIES TO BE FURTHER EXTENDED. THE COMMITTEE'S CONSENT WILL BE SOUGHT ON THE EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT $11 MILLION ON THE PURCHASE OF MICROCOMPUTERS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS CONSUMABLES FOR 92 MORE PUBLIC SECTOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL ALSO BE SEEKING SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $3 MILLION TO MEET THE COST OF REPLACEMENT AND ADDITIONAL FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR EXISTING AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

OTHER ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED AT TOMORROW'S MEETING INCLUDE:

* SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION TO ENABLE THE PROCEEDS OF A DEBT REPAYMENT BY THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION TO BE SET ASIDE TOWARDS AN EQUITY INJECTION OF $1 000 MILLION FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION IN 1987-88:

* INCREASED COMMITMENT FOR EXPO 86;

* FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION TO MEET EXPENDITURE FROM THE WAR MEMORIAL FUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF 1985-86;

* FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF $6 MILLION IN

RESPECT OF THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO HONG KONG;

* REVISION OF MONTHLY FEES FOR THE

DEPARTMENTAL SECURITY GUARDS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT:

* THE EXTENSION OF THE LEDGER ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TO SIX ADDITIONAL USERS IN APRIL 1986;

EX-GRATL. PATIENT.