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HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

15

TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1993

ARTS &

LANGUAGES

3

877,000

ADMINISTRATIVE,

25

9,108,000

BUSINESS &

SOCIAL STUDIES

EDUCATION

3

2,280,000

TOWN PLANNING &

LAW, ARCHITECTURE,

OTHER PROFESSIONAL & VOCATIONAL

STUDIES

2

526,000

SUB-TOTAL

FUNDING RESERVED FOR THREE PENDING CASES

33

12,791,000

874,000

TOTAL

192

100,592,000

BEEN

IN SELECTING THE PROJECTS FOR FUNDING SUPPORT, REGARD HAS GIVEN

THEIR ACADEMIC MERIT/INTEGRITY, THEIR CONTRIBUTION то THE ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR RELEVANCE ΤΟ THE NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND HONG KONG'S OVERALL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WAS THE THIRD RESEARCH GRANT ALLOCATION UNDERTAKEN BY THE RGC WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 1991.

PROF DAVID TODD, CHAIRMAN OF THE RGC, SAID:

EXERCISE

PROJECTS

FULLY

"THE ENHANCED FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN 1993/94 AS COMPARED WITH 1992/93 HAS ENABLED US TO SUPPORT, OR PARTIALLY, 192 PROJECTS AS COMPARED WITH 172 LAST YEAR,'

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"ONCE AGAIN THE QUALITY OF THE BIDS HAS BEEN HIGH AND, DESPITE THE ENHANCED FUNDING, THERE WERE STILL MANY COMMENDABLE PROJECTS WHICH COULD NOT BE SUPPORTED.

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THE RGC IS LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER INCREASES IN THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN THE FUTURE. THIS SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN THE RESEARCH BASE IN HONG KONG'S HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR," HE SAID.

APART FROM DISBURSING AND MONITORING GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH, THE RGC IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE UPGC, ON THE NEEDS OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IN THE FIELD OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN ORDER THAT A RESEARCH BASE ADEQUATE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ACADEMIC VIGOUR AND PERTINENT TO THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG MAY BE DEVELOPED.

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