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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988

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MR LEE SAID HE APPRECIATED THAT THE PROPOSED MIGHT COST THE TAXPAYER MORE MONEY.

SYSTEM OF 5-1-4

—

ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT AN BUT NOT FOR THE SHORT TERM

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REMEMBER THAT WE "BUT WE MUST INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG FOR 20 YEARS AND MORE FROM NOW," HE SAID.

THE

GOVERNOR, IN

HAD

HIS MR LEE SAID THAT

POLICY SPEECH, OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REFERRED TO THE "CLEAR RECOMMENDATION" THAT WHERE MORE RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE, THE FIRST PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENTERING TERTIARY EDUCATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAID, THE

GOVERNMENT PUT QUANTITY BEFORE

QUALITY.

MR LEE

THAT CONTENDED

HONG KONG NEEDED BOTH

QUANTITY AND, IF NECESSARY, THE TERRITORY MUST BE MORE MONEY.

AND QUALITY PREPARED TO SPEND

"TO ADOPT

A

POLICY OF CHURNING

OUT

GREATER

THE

NUMBER OF RIGHT WAY

A UNIVERSITY GRADUATES OF A LOWER CALIBRE IS SIMPLY NOT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, HE SAID.

4

THAT THE

ADMINISTRATION

HAD

AN

IT

MR LEE SAID HE NOTED

GIVEN TERTIARY INSTITUTION THAT ASSURANCE IT WOULD NOT DICTATE TO ANY

THAT EACH SHOULD HAVE A THREE-YEAR OR A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE COURSE, AND INSTITUTION WAS FREE TO DECIDE ON THE LENGTH OF ITS COURSES.

FINANCIAL

CRITERIA

ΤΟ

BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT CLEARLY POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) STATED THAT THE UNIVERSITY AND

OWN ACADEMIC WOULD CONTINUE TO USE ITS JUDGE INDIVIDUAL CASES IN THE LIGHT OF AT THE TIME.

AND GOVERNMENT POLICY PREVAILING

PREVAILING

THE

WERE TO APPROACH THE AND SO, IF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEGREE COURSE, AND THE FOUR-YEAR UPGC FOR FUNDS FOR A GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS THAT IT SHOULD BE A THREE-YEAR COURSE, THEN UPGC WOULD ONLY GRANT FUNDS FOR THREE YEARS.

THUS THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS DID NOT ENJOY DECIDING ON THE LENGTH OF THEIR COURSES, HE SAID.

THE WAY:

REAL FREEDOM IN

ACADEMIC

BACK

GOVERNMENT GIVES THE "OR PUT IN ANOTHER FREEDOM TO THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WITH ONE HAND, AND TAKES IT WITH THE OTHER, HE ADDED.

MR

LEE

EXPRESSED ALSO TELEVISION ON CHILDREN.

DEEP

CONCERN

THE OVER

EFFECT

OF

OF

"WHAT WE NEED

CONSISTING IS A HIGH-POWERED COMMISSION

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS FROM ALL RELEVANT

WORK AND IN THE TV EXPERTS IN EDUCATION, CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

то LOOK INTO FIELD, AS WELL AS PARENTS AND OTHER CONCERNED PERSONS, THESE UNKNOWN AREAS WHICH AFFECT THE LIVES OF ALL SAID.

OUR CHILDREN,

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