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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1986

THIRD UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENTS OF SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE THIRD UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE AND MR IAN MACPHERSON AS THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (DESIGNATE).

THE TWO APPOINTMENTS SIGNIFY THE FORMAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE PLANNING OF THE NEW INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. SIR SZE-YUEN, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, PREVIOUSLY LED THE PLANNING COMMITTEES FOR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG. MR MACPHERSON IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AND IS EXPECTED TO ASSUME DUTY AS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE THIRD UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE IN AUGUST 1986.

THE THIRD UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEMBERSHIP:

CHAIRMAN SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG

MEMBERS 8 LOCAL LAY MEMBERS

5 OVERSEAS ACADEMICS

5 LOCAL ACADEMICS

(ONE FROM EACH OF THE TWO

EXISTING UNIVERSITIES,

THE TWO POLYTECHNICS AND

THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE)

SECRETARY GENERAL MR IAN MACPHERSON

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IT IS EXPECTED THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE APPOINTED IN JULY AND THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL START WORK IN AUGUST THIS YEAR.

THE PLANNING COMMITTEE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE

+HAVING REGARD TO THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION THAT

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(A) THE THIRD UNIVERSITY SHOULD BE A GROUPING OF PROFESSIONAL

SCHOOLS EMPHASISING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES!

(B) BY 1999-2000 THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD PROVIDE DEGREE PLACES

FOR 7 000 FULL-TIME AND EQUIVALENT PART-TIME STUDENTS, WITH ROOM FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT UP TO ABOUT 10 000;

(C) THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD HAVE ITS FIRST INTAKE NO LATER

THAN THE 1994-97 TRIENNIUM;

(D) A SITE OF ABOUT 20 HECTARES WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY; AND

/(E) THE LEGISLATION,