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MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1992

AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS EMBARKED UPON AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OF EXPANSION OF OPPORTUNITY AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL, WITH THE

THE CURRENT FOCUS BEING TO

15,000 FIRST-YEAR FIRST DEGREE PLACES BY

1994-95.

PROVIDE

MACLEOD, THIS WAS STATED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH AT THE NAMING CEREMONY OF THE WEI HING THEATRE, CITY POLYTECHNIC TODAY (MONDAY).

MR MACLEOD SAID IN 1992-93, GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON RECURRENT EXPENDITURE FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION WILL INCREASE BY 18.5 PER CENT OVER 1991-92 AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE WILL RISE BY 36 PER CENT.

"WE BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FULL POTENTIAL YOUNG PEOPLE IS CRUCIAL TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY

SAID.

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OF

OF OUR HONG KONG, HE

PAID

TRIBUTE TO

MACLEOD TURNING TO THE WEI HING THEATRE, MR THE WEI LUN FOUNDATION WHICH HAD GIVEN A DONATION FOR THE FITTING-OUT OF THE THEATRE.

"THE FOUNDATION HAS, OVER THE YEARS, PROVIDED SUPPORT AND

FIELD OF FUNDING FOR A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES IN THE

EDUCATION," HE

SAID.

"THE THEATRE WILL PROVIDE AN IMPETUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL LIFE ON CAMPUS," MR MACLEOD SAID.

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COMMITMENT ON ENVIRONMENT REAFFIRMED

THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (MONDAY) REAFFIRMED GOVERNMENT'S FIRM COMMITMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.

SPEAKING IN A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION, MR BARNES SAID IN 1992-93, THE TOTAL GROWTH IN REAL TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AREA IS 20.2 PER CENT.

THE BULK OF THIS YEAR'S PROVISION AT $2.985 BILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON SEWAGE PROJECTS ($1.425 BILLION) AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ($1.346 BILLION), WITH A NUMBER OF LARGE LANDFILL PROJECTS STARTING.

NORTHWEST

THE SEWERAGE PROJECTS INCLUDED IMPROVEMENTS TO EAST KOWLOON, NORTH WEST KOWLOON, HK ISLAND SYSTEMS, TOLO HARBOUR AND THE NT EFFLUENT TUNNEL AND OUTFALL, HE SAID.

/MR BARNES