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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,

1990

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GOVERNMENT AIMS TO REACH TERTIARY EDUCATION EXPANSION TARGET ON TIME

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TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THE TARGETS ON EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION CAN BE REACHED ON TIME, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AT

RESUMED THE

DEBATE

OF

THE MONTHS,

AND

YEUNG, SAID

POLICY GOVERNOR'S SPEAKING ADDRESS,

A STEERING GROUP YEUNG SAID FOR THE PAST 12 MR

POLYTECHNIC GRANTS INCLUDING THE

UNIVERSITY CHAIRMEN OF THE

SECRETARY COMMITTEE (UPGC) AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC), THE

HIMSELF HAD BEEN FOR THE TREASURY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND

AND THE TERTIARY WORKING ON VARIOUS PLANS TO ENSURE THAT THE VTC

THEY INSTITUTIONS GOT THE ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL CAPACITY AND THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR EXPANSION.

"THESE

PLANS

HAVE

BEEN FINALISED

AND

AWAIT

RESOURCE

ALLOCATION, HE SAID.

AS REGARDS HUMAN RESOURCES, MR YEUNG SAID THE THAT THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS NEEDED TO RECRUIT AN ADDITIONAL TEACHERS TO MEET THE GROWTH AND TO CATER FOR NATURAL WASTAGE.

UPGC ESTIMATED 3,000

HE POINTED OUT THAT IN ITS RECENT REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE PACKAGE, COMMITTEE WAS SATISFIED THAT, GIVEN THEIR COMPETITIVE THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STOOD A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN UP THIS NUMBER.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR

"THIS TASK CAN BE ACHIEVED MORE READILY IF ACADEMIC RESEARCH ARE INCREASED AND FRINGE BENEFITS ARE IMPROVED.

ΤΟ

SAY THAT

COMMITTEE'S

LEADING THE **I AM PLEASED RECOMMENDATION, NAMELY, A SUBSTANTIAL ENHANCEMENT OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, HAS ALREADY BEEN ENDORSED BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

HE SAID. IMPLEMENTATION NOW AWAITS RESOURCE ALLOCATION,

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ITS

WHETHER MR YEUNG NOTED THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS WERE, CONCERNED ON

FILL THE ADDITIONAL THERE WOULD BE

ENOUGH SECONDARY 7 LEAVERS TO CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE CREATED AT FIRST DEGREE LEVEL, AND WHETHER QUALITY OF THE MATRICULANTS COULD BE MAINTAINED.

THE

ON THE FIRST POINT, MR YEUNG SAID THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAD

POLICY WAS TO. ADVISED HIM THAT ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S EXISTING

THREE SUBSIDISED PROVIDE ONE SUBSIDISED SECONDARY 6 PLACE FOR EVERY

PLACES SECONDARY 4 SECONDARY 6 WAS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THIS.

TWO YEARS

THE AGO,

PULL-THROUGH

RATE

"WITH MY AGREEMENT, THE DIRECTOR IS NOW CONSULTING THE

A NUMBER OF COUNCILS AND THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY ON DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER PULL-THROUGH RATE.

INTO

SCHOOLS MEASURES

/"THESE INCLUDE