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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993
MR LEUNG NOTED THAT OF THE $122 MILLION GRANTED ΤΟ THE INSTITUTIONS IN 1992/93, $33.1 MILLION WERE GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, $30.6 MILLION TO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, $17.9 MILLION ΤΟ THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, $15.2 MILLION THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, $14.4 MILLION TO THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, $8.9 MILLION TO THE BAPTIST COLLEGE, AND $1.9 MILLION TO THE LINGNAN COLLEGE.
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THE ALLOCATION OF THE EARMARKED RESEARCH GRANTS FOR 1993/94 WILL BE DECIDED BY THE RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL (RGC) THIS MONTH AND THAT FOR 1994/95 IN JUNE 1994.
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MR LEUNG ALSO TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT THE INSTITUTIONS ENCOURAGED TO SPEND AT LEAST TWO PER CENT OF THEIR BLOCK GRANTS FOR THE PROVISION OF THE NECESSARY RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE AMOUNTS EARMARKED BY THE SEVEN INSTITUTIONS IN THIS RESPECT TOTAL $105 MILLION FOR 1992/93 AND $108.7 MILLION FOR 1993/94 AND 1994/95 RESPECTIVELY.
FUNDS FOR THE EARMARKED RESEARCH GRANTS ARE DISBURSED BY THE RGC, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 1991.
IT INVITES AND RECEIVES APPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH GRANTS, APPROVES AWARDS AND OTHER DISBURSEMENTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY MONITORS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRANTS.
"THE GRANTS ARE MAINLY AWARDED ON THE BASIS OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH A PROCESS OF PEER REVIEW, MR LEUNG SAID.
"APPLICATIONS ARE ASSESSED BY THE RGC THROUGH ITS THREE SUBJECT PANELS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ACADEMIC EXPERT REFEREES, HE ADDED.
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS HAD RECEIVED NO COMPLAINTS RESPECT OF, NOR HAD INSTITUTED ANY PROSECUTIONS FOR, AN OFFENCE OR OFFENCES AGAINST SECTIONS 5 OR 6 OF THE DEFAMATION ORDINANCE (CAP 21) IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI-CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE ΤΟ INSTITUTE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN ORDER TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMINAL OFFENCE KNOWN TO THE LAW HAD BEEN COMMITTED.
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IS, WHETHER THE EVIDENCE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE AND WHETHER THE MERITS OF THE CASE ARE SUCH AS TO JUSTIFY A PROSECUTION,' HE ADDED.
SECTIONS 5 AND 6 OF THE DEFAMATION ORDINANCE STATE THE PENALTY RELATING TO PUBLISHING LIBEL KNOWN то BE FALSE AND PUBLISHING DEFAMATORY LIBEL.
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