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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1994

BY THE EXECUTIVE THE INDICATIVE 1995-98

CONSIDERED THE INTERIM

WAS FIRST REPORT COUNCIL IN AUGUST 1993 AND ITS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS BY INSTITUTION, LEVEL AND YEAR FOR THE TRIENNIUM WERE APPROVED FOR BROAD PLANNING PURPOSES.

UPGC

REPORT THAT WITHIN

IN ITS THE

ALSO

ITS INTERIM RECOMMENDED CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS OF "CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE".

REGION AS THIS CONCEPT RELATED TO HONG KONG'S POSITION IN THE

ACADEMIC AND RESOURCE AND BEYOND HAVING REGARD TO THE STRATEGIC,

HIGHER EDUCATION IMPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPING SUCH CENTRES WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG, IT WAS FURTHER ELABORATED BY THE UPGC AN EXPANDED INTERIM REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVAL THIS MONTH.

AND FOR

GOVERNMENT THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE PROPOSAL ON WHICH THE

VIEWS WAS THE WOULD BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC UPGC'S FAVOURED OPTION OF DEVELOPING CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

THE

THE

HE SAID THE UPGC'S LONG-TERM VISION OF THE FUTURE WAS THAT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTIONS WHICH SHOULD:

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INCORPORATE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED GROUPS OF DEPARTMENTS AS CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE HAVING

REGIONAL LOCAL, INTERNATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

AND

PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY BILINGUAL MANPOWER FOR BOTH AND THE HINTERLAND;

HONG KONG

IN INNOVATIVE SOUTHERN CHINA

ACT

AS POINTS

PARTICULARLY OF REFERENCE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN AND MORE WIDELY; AND

HAVE WITHIN APPROVED TARGETS SOME UNDERGRADUATES AND ONE-THIRD POSTGRADUATE NON-LOCAL STUDENTS.

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THE

UPGC EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PRECISE COST FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.

PREDICT THE

HOWEVER,

OF THE COMMITTEE ESTIMATED THAT THE ADDITIONAL COST

OF ITS OPERATING

IMPLEMENTATION CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AFTER FULL PROPOSALS COULD BE BETWEEN FIVE PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT ABOVE CURRENT PROJECTIONS.

THIS WOULD REPRESENT BETWEEN $400 MILLION AND $800 MILLION CURRENT PRICES, BUT THE UPGC HAS INDICATED THAT IT WOULD LIKELY UP TO 10 YEARS TO REACH THIS LEVEL.

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AT

TAKE

SAID THE SPOKESMAN, TO BE EXAMINED SCHOOL SECTOR

"CLEARLY THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROPOSAL, ADDING THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS WOULD NEED CAREFULLY HAVING REGARD TO THE COMPETING NEEDS OF THE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS. WERE ALSO MUCH REQUIRED,

TERTIARY HONG KONG'S

"IN PRINCIPLE, A PLAN SUCH AS THIS TO ENSURE THAT THE INSTITUTIONS ARE WORLD RENOWNED AND CAPABLE OF MEETING FUTURE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS IS TO BE WELCOMED.

/"HOWEVER, WE

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