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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1993

SECRETARY:

A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF TPE PGC ARE:

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PREPARE FOR FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTE AS INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION UNDER ITS OWN ORDINANCE;

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TO ARRANGE FOR SFPARATION OF THE FOLLEGES AND (LE FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE;

TO PROPOSE AN ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE FOR THE INSTITUTE;

TO PROPOSE A STAFF STRUCTURE, SALARY SCALES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR THE STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE;

TO PREPARE DRAFT DRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTITUTE'S ORDINANCR;

TO DRAW UP, WITH THE HELP OF OUTSIDE EXPERT ADVICE AS NECESSARY, A STRATEGY FOR UPGRADING THE COLLEGES/ILE;

TO PREPARE A FORECAST OF THE INSTITUTE'S DURING THE UPGRADING PHASE;

RESOURCE NEEDS

TO REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT AS OFTEN AS MAY BE REQUIRED; AND

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CARRY OUT ANY EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AS DIRECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

MR

CHAN SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE OF SETTING UP

THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION WAS TO GIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC AUTONOMY то THE COLLEGES AND THE ILE IN THE SAME BAY VS ALL THE OTHER POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG.

"NORMS COMPARABLE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS WILL BE DRAWN UP FOR THE INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE SUB-DEGREP AND SOME DEGREE COURSES WHICH WILL BE SUBJECT TO FXTERNAL ASSESSMENT, HE SAID.

"THE

CAMPUS WILL BE REORGANISED AND MODERNISED TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE FACILITIES FOR TEACHER TRAINING.

"THE INSTITUTE WILL THEN UPGRADE THE LEVEL DE TRAINING PROVIDED FOR TEACHERS.

MR CHAN ADDED THAT QUALIFIED EXISTING STAFF WOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION, DURING A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, TO REMAIN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OR TO SERVE THE INSTITUTE UNDER NEW MON-CIVIL SERVICE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

THESE CHANGES CAN BE ACHIEVED MORE EFFECTIVELY IF THE INSTITUTE HAS THE ADDED FLEXIBILITY OF AN AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATION, HE SAID.

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MR SIMON IP, COMMENTING ON RIS APPOINTMENT, SAID HE HONOURED TO BE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE PGC AND THAT HIS OBJECTIVE WAS TO COMPLETE THE SETTING UP OF THE INSTITUTE BY OCTOBER 1994.

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