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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

"IN ITS REPORT THE COMMISSION MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT DID NOT

THREE OR BELIEVE AN ABSOLUTE CASE COULD BE MADE OUT EITHER FOR

FOUR YEAR COURSES, OR INDEED FOR ANY PARTICULAR COURSE LENGTH, HE SAID.

INSTITUTIONS OFFERING BOTH THREE AND FOUR YEAR COURSES HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES ABLE TO PRODUCE GRADUATES OF A GOOD STANDARD.

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"THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WHETHER PARTICULAR COURSES SHOULD LAST THREE, FOUR OR MORE YEARS SHOULD BE DETERMINED

THEMSELVES, SUBJECT THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

то THE APPROVAL

FUNDS.

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"IT HAS ALSO GIVEN A CLEAR RECOMMENDATION THAT, IN GENERAL,

TERTIARY WHERE MORE RESOURCES FOR

INSTITUTIONS ARE

THE AVAILABLE, FIRST PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF

ENTERING

TERTIARY EDUCATION EACH YEAR.

STUDENTS

NOTING THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED A DEBATE ON ACCOUNT THE SUBJECT, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE CAREFUL OF ALL THE POINTS MADE IN THAT DEBATE AND DURING THE PERIOD OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION.

"THE DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN ARE 1MPORTANT ONES. THE CENTRAL

ΤΟ PROVIDE THE ISSUE IS HOW WE CAN BEST USE OUR RESOURCES

FORM OF EDUCATION MOST SUITED TO HONG KONG'S NEEDS NOW AND IN THE MEDIUM FUTURE," HE SAID.

TERM

FOUNDATION FOR TRAINING OF SPORTSMEN

A SPORTS AID FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SET UP, WITH A $10 MILLION DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, ΤΟ PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROMISING PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR PARTICULAR SKILLS AND POTENTIALS.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AND NOTED THAT THE FIRST SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED IN JUNE.

AFTER MANY YEARS OF CONCENTRATION ON ENCOURAGING MAXIMUM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND RECREATION, SIR DAVID SAID THAT TILE SCHOLARSHIPS WOULD ENABLE PROMISING SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THEIR TRAINING AND SO REACH HIGHER STANDARDS.

"EXCELLENCE OF THIS SORT NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL; IT SPREADS OUT TO RAISE STANDARDS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.

/SIR DAVID

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