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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1993

ANOTHER TOPIC DISCUSSED WAS RENEWAL OF STAFF CONTRACTS.

WAS

MR SO SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION NOW PREPARED TO RENEW STAFF CONTRACTS FOR THE NORMAL PERIOD AND ON NORMAL TERMS, SUBJECT TO THE USUAL CIVIL SERVICE PROCEDURES, WHEN THEY COME UP FOR CONSIDERATION.

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PROVISIONAL GOVERNING COUN IL FOR NEW INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF A PROVISIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL (PGC) TO PREPARE FOR THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW UNITARY INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (HKIE) AS AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION UNDER

OWN ORDINANCE.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTTHTE WAS RECOMMEN: EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO. A

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ITS

BY THE

THE INSTITUTE WILL COMPRISE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS COLLEGE, AND THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION (ILF) WHICH ARK CURRENTLY RUN BY THE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT.

THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PGC IS:

CHAIRMAN:

MEMBERS:

OFFICIALS:

SIMON

IP.

JI

MR JANES TIEN PFT-CIUN ORE, JP

DR TSE KY-KUT

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OR JAMES WONG SAL-KING, P

DR THOMAS LEUNG KWOK-FW

PROFESSOR IFF NGOK

DR JOHN CLARK

MRS JANE WONG LEE CHEK-YAN

MR GREGORY LAM SHU-WING

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE

SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE

DIRECTOR DE FDECAT

OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE

/SECRETARY