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*NESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985

HE POINTED OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN SUBSIDY GIVEN TO A GOVERNMENT BOUGHT PRIVATE SCHOOL PLACE AND A GOVERNMENT-AIDED SCHOOL PLACE, AND SAID EQUAL RESOURCES SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL STUDENTS RECEIVING UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.

ON THE ACUTE NEED FOR DEGREE COURSES AND THE GOVERNMENT INTENTION TO PLAN A THIRD UNIVERSITY, MR LEE PROPOSED THAT A PLANNING COMMITTEE BE SET UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO COORDINATE THE WORK AND TO CONSIDER FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC TO START SCHOOL SESSION EARLY AT TEMPORARY SCHOOL PREMISES.

+BESIDES, THERE SHOULD BE PLANS FOR EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING SECOND CHANCE HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES FOR ADULTS, HE SAID.

HE SAID HE BELIEVED OPEN EDUCATION WOULD OVERCOME THE RESTRAINTS IMPOSED ON ADULT STUDENTS THROUGH WORK AND FAMILY LIFE AND WAS MOST SUITABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN PROMOTING ADULT EDUCATION IN A MODERN CITY.

THE SITE FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY SHOULD PREFERABLY BE ADJACENT TO THE MAJOR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE THE RUNNING OF ADULT COURSES, HE SUGGESTED.

MR LEE ALSO ADVOCATED THE SETTING UP OF A LOCAL VALIDATION ORGANISATION AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS THE CURRICULA AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPER RECOGNITION SO AS TO REDRESS THE INEQUALITY SITUATION.

ON THE PROVISIONAL ACCEPTANCE SCHEME OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, HE SAID HE HOPED THAT THE AUTHORITIES OF THE TWO WIVERSITIES AND POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND PERSONALITIES OF THE EDUCATION CIRCLE WOULD IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AMONG THEMSELVES, AND HELP SOLVE CERTAIN TECHNICAL PROBLEM PERTAINING TO IT WITH CONCERTED EFFORTS.

AS REGARD THE MATRICULATION STRUCTURE, HE SAID IT SHOULD NOT BE UNIFIED SIMPLY FOR THE SAKE OF UNIFICATION.

+EACH YEAR, THERE ARE ABOUT 5 000 PLUS STUDENTS IN HONG KONG WHO GO TO NORTH AMERICA AND ANOTHER 3 000 PLUS WHO GO TO MAINLAND CHINA AND TAIWAN TO PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES.

+AS FOUR-YEAR UNDER-GRADUATE COURSES ARE PROVIDED IN THE ABOVE PLACES, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY LINK-UP PROBLEM FOR THE ONE-YEAR MATRICULATION COURSE OR SIX-YEAR SECONDARY STRUCTURE HERE, HE SAID.

NK LEE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF REPEATERS IN VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS IN RECENT YEARS AND HOPED THAT THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH SHAPED POLICIES RELATING TO EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION WOULD EXAMINE THE ISSUE AND MAKE IMPROVEMENT.

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