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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1994

"AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE TWO TECHNICAL COLLEGES ENGLISH, THE ATTAINMENT OF A 'E' GRADE IN CHINESE LANGUAGE IS NOT PRESENT STIPULATED AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRY INTO TECHNICAL COURSES.

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"HOWEVER, A PASS AT GRADE E OR ABOVE IN CHINESE LANGUAGE AT THE COULD ENHANCE THE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION KONG CERTIFICATE

HE SAID. CANDIDATES' OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ACCEPTED, "

HONG

THE

UNDER COLLEGES LEUNG MR

POINTED OUT THAT THE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WERE FREE TO FORMULATE THEIR OWN ADMISSION THEM WERE REQUIREMENTS, THOUGH IN PRACTICE THE CRITERIA ADOPTED BY BROADLY SIMILAR TO THOSE SET BY THE TWO POLYTECHNICS.

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OTHER THE TWO POLYTECHNICS AND

TERTIARY TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF *THR INSTITUTIONS

ON THE COMMITTEE ON SIT

OTHER VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WHICH IS TASKED TO APPROVE, AMONG THINGS, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TECHNICAL COLLEGES.

"THE COMMITTEE IS THEREFORE WELL PLACED TO CONSIDER THE OF FURTHER

ADMISSION CHANGES TO MAKE THE SET OF

REQUIREMENTS MR LRUNG SAID. CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF THE POLYTECHNICS,

MERITS

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POLYTECHNIC CLASSROOM UTILISATION NOT A PROBLEM

THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) HAS ADVISED THE ADMINISTRATION THERE IS NO PROBLEM OF UNDER-UTILISATION OF CLASSROOMS IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHARI, LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU, MR LEUNG SAID THERE WAS NO NEED TO INVESTIGATË THE UTILISATION OF CLASSROOMS IN THE INSTITUTION.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS WERE REQUIRED ΤΟ UNDERTAKE SPACE UTILISATION SURVKYS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THRER YEARS TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OP THE USE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND REPORT THE RESULTS TO THE UPGC.

THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC ACCORDINGLY CONDUCTED SUCH A SURVBY IN NOVEMBER 1992 AND SUBMITTED ITS REPORT ON THE SURVEY TO THE UPGC IN MARCH 1993.

THE UPGC NOTED THEN THAT THE USAGE OF GENERAL TEACHING AREAS, SUCH AS CLASSROOMS AND LECTURE THEATRES, WERE WELL ABOVE THE MINIMUM SPACE UTILISATION REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN BY THE COMMITTEE, MR LEUNG SAID.

HE SAID THE POLYTECHNIC FOR INTERNAL MONITORING AND REPORTING PURPOSES, CONDUCTED A FURTHER SPACE UTILISATION SURVEY IN NOVEMBER 1993, AND FOUND THAT THE USAGE OF THE GENERAL TEACHING ARKAS WERE ROUGHLY THE SAME AS IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY.

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