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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993

JAMES THE EXERCISE WAS OUTLINED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR BLAKE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALBERT CHAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BLAKE SAID THE SELECTION OF GOVERNMENT SLOPES FOR INCLUSION INTO THE LPMP WAS ONGOING AND SLOPES ON LANTAU, INCLUDING THOSE THAT IN BE CONSIDERED 5 RAINSTORM, FAILED DURING THE NOVEMBER CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER SLOPES IN THE TERRITORY.

WOULD

"AS A RESULT OF THE PRELIMINARY GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES UNDERTAKEN DIRECT ON LANTAU ISLAND, 22 SLOPES THAT OVERLOOK BUILDINGS AND POSE A RISK TO LIFE ARE BEING UPGRADED UNDER THE LPMP.

"WORKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON 14 SLOPES

AND WORKS ON THE

REMAINING EIGHT WILL BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1994," MR BLAKE SAID.

FOR WOULD ARRANGE

SUITABLE REPAIRS AND THE GOVERNMENT STABILISING WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR OTHER SLOPES FAILED DURING THE RAINSTORM BUT WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE LPMP.

CHANCE

TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD ISSUE INTERNAL TECHNICAL CIRCULARS PROPER MAINTENANCE WOULD ALWAYS BE CARRIED OUT TO MINIMISE THE OF FAILURE,

TUITION FEES FOR PART-TIME TERTIARY COURSES

FUNDED

BY

OR

THE PARTLY

TUITION FEES CHARGED FOR PART-TIME COURSES UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) WHOLLY ARE DETERMINED BY THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS.

LEVELS

THE FORMULAE THEY USE ARE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDED FEE FOR FULL-TIME DEGREE AND SUB-DEGREE COURSES APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS ADOPT DIFFERENT FORMULAE.

STATED THIS WAS

I

TIK

BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHI-YUEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE ACTUAL AVERAGE COST RECOVERY RATES REPRESENTED BY TUITION FEES FOR ALL UPGC-FUNDED COURSES, BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME, FOR 1990/91 AND 1991/92 WERE 8.6 PER CENT AND 9.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, MR LAM SAID.

THE ESTIMATED COST RECOVERY RATE FOR 1992/93

WAS 8.9 PER

CENT.

MR LAM ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WERE TWO TYPES COURSES NOT FUNDED BY THE UPGC.

OF PART-TIME

/THESE INCLUDE