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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988

MR TSAO SAID THERE WAS SUFFICIENT TIME UNTIL 1991 IN WHICH TO EXAMINE IN DEPTH THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSAL.

"THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT IT IS IN HONG KONG'S BEST INTEREST TO EXAMINE THE PROPOSAL CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY, 41 HE SAID.

A TIMETABLE FOR FINALISATION OF THE FEASIBILITY NOT BE PROVIDED AT THIS STAGE, MR T8AO SAID.

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BUT HE GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT "WHEN WE HAVE ARRIVED AT A CONCLUSION ON THE FEASIBILITY OF HONG KONG UNDERTAKING THIS VENTURE,

A DECISION WILL BE MADE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO REGISTER A FORMAL BID FOR HONG KONG TO HOST A WORLD EXHIBITION IN 1997".

MR TSAO PREFACED HIS ANSWER BY GIVING A CLARIFICATION CONCERNING THE WAY THE BIE OPERATES,

HE SAID: "THE RULES UNDER WHICH THE BIE OPERATES PROVIDE THAT A BID TO HOST AN EXHIBITION OF THIS NATURE MUST BE REGISTERED SIX YEARS BEFORE THE EVENT.

"A BID CAN ALSO BE REGISTERED AT ANY TIME BEFORE THAT DATE BUT THERE IS NO NECESSITY TO DO SO.

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"THE MEETING OF THE BUREAU ON MAY 31 IS SIMPLY THE BIE' REGULAR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. THIS DATE, THEREFORE, IN NO WAY REPRESENTS A DEADLINE."

DEGREE PROGRAMME IN LINE WITH RECOMMENDATION

THE INTRODUCTION OF A FOUR-YEAR PART-TIME BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMME IN PRIMARY EDUCATION BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR IS IN LINE WITH A RECOMMENDATION BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION TO PROMOTE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL ABILITY PRIMARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS.

THIS WAS SAID BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, HON RON BRIDGE, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SZETO WAH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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MR BRIDGE SAID SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE COURSE WOULD A MATTER FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

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