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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992

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COMMITTEE SET UP TO STUDY TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION DATABASES

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DATABASES HAS

AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION BEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (ITDC) то ASSESS WHETHER HONG KONG NEEDS то DEVELOP AN INFORMATION DATABASE OF ITS OWN TECHNOLOGIES,

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN- YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TASKED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION DATABASES THAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HONG KONG, AND TO ADVISE ON THE MEANS FOR PROMOTING THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND USE.

MR CHAU SAID IT WOULD COMPLETE ITS WORK SHORTLY AND WOULD THEREAFTER REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ITDC.

THE

THE SECRETARY SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSCIOUS OF IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

SINCE

AND

DATABASES REGARDING OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS PROFESSIONALS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ALREADY EXISTED IN ELECTRONIC OR PRINTED FORMS WHICH WERE EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS, IT WOULD NOT BE COST-EFFECTIVE FOR THE GOVERNMENT DUPLICATE SUCH DATABASES, HE ADDED.

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UPGC RECOMMENDS REVISED ENROLMENT TARGETS

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THE

UNIVERSITY

AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS

TO THE

(UPGC) ON REVISED TERTIARY

HAS

COMMITTEE RECENTLY SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS

MADE STUDENT NUMBERS

ADJUSTMENTS TO GRANTS INSTITUTIONS.

AND

BASED ON THE UPGC'S RECOMMENDATIONS, THE ENROLMENT TARGETS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1992-93; FIRST DEGREE COURSES WILL BE 11,007 FOR THE 12,520 FOR 1993-94; AND 14,500 FOR 1994-95.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN IN THE EDUCATION AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), SECRETARY FOR MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN RESPONSE

THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO REVISE THE PLANNING TARGET YEAR, FIRST DEGREE PLACES FROM 15,000 TO 14,500 BY 1994-95.

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OF FIRST

IT IS

"ON THE BASIS OF THE UPGC'S RECOMMENDED STUDENT NUMBERS,

BE RETURNED то THE ESTIMATED THAT A TOTAL OF $509 MILLION WOULD GOVERNMENT FROM THE $18,200 MILLION APPROVED RECURRENT FUNDING FOR THE UPGC-FUNDED SECTOR FOR THE 1992-95 TRIENNIUM," SAID MR CHAN.

HE SAID THESE "SAVINGS" HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION EXERCISE THIS YEAR.

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