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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1993

ON

TERTIARY EXPANSION,

THE

CHAIRMAN

THE SAID

AMBITIOUS

ON

EXPANSION PLAN ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1989 WAS PROCEEDING SCHEDULE.

GROUP,

HE

BY 1994/95, HONG KONG SHALL BE PROVIDING A FIRST-YEAR, FIRST-

AGE FOR ALMOST ONE IN FIVE OF THE RELEVANT DEGREE PLACE SAID.

MR

SECRETARY FOR

LEUNG SAID HE HAD RECENTLY SUBMITTED TO THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER THE UPGC'S INTERIM REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION UP TO AND BEYOND 1994/95.

SEEKS AN GOVERNMENT'S

THIS REPORT, ENTITLED "HIGHER EDUCATION 1991/2001", INFORMED DEBATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND, SUBJECT TO THE AGREEMENT, MORE WIDELY WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

THE

UPGC'S

HE SAID HE HAD ALSO SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOWING THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEWS OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, AND KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE IN JANUARY,

THAT OUT

THE HONG

OF

HE POINTED

THE UPGC ACCEPTED, AS A MATTER PRINCIPLE, THAT IT WAS ACADEMICALLY DESIRABLE FOR THE NON-UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONS TO REACH A POINT WHERE SELF-ACCREDITATION COULD OCCUR,

GOVERNMENT HAD REGARDING THE STUDENTS FOR

HE SAID ON THE NON-LOCAL STUDENT ISSUE,

THE APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS RECENTLY

FROM THE UPGC DEFINITION OF NON-LOCAL STUDENTS, THE TREATMENT OF SUCH

GRANT CALCULATION PURPOSES, STUDENT NUMBER AND

AND THE PERMITTED LEVELS OF ENROLMENT FOR NON-LOCAL STUDENTS AS PUBLICLY FUNDED COURSES.

"A RATIONALISATION OF GOVERNMENT AND

"

THIS MATTER IS TIMELY, HE SAID.

POLICY INSTITUTIONAL

IN

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LABOUR DEPARTMENT ENHANCES PHONE ENQUIRY SERVICE

THE GENERAL ENQUIRY TELEPHONE SERVICE (GETS) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ENHANCED TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON LABOUR LEGISLATION.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING TO INTRODUCE THE ENHANCED SERVICE, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR ALFRED CHAN, SAID:

"THE GETS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A DUAL SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INTERACTIVE VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEM (IVPS) AND A STAFF-MANNED SERVICE TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ON LABOUR LEGISLATION."

"THE IVPS IS A NEWLY INSTALLED COMPUTER OPERATED SYSTEM WHICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE INCOMING CALLS.

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