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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,

1994

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POLYTECHNIC WERE

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OF CLASSES

THE SURVEY PROCEDURES, DEPARTMENTS AT REQUIRED TO REPORT ON THE CANCELLATION

DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD.

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OF EVENING THE

HE SAID 236 HOURS OF DAYTIME CLASSES AND 79 HOURS CLASSES WERE REPORTED BY DEPARTMENTS AS HAVING BREN CANCELLED. HOURS CANCELLED IN THE DAYTIME REPRESENT ABOUT SIX PER CENT OF THE TOTAL HOURS TIMETABLED DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD.

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"THE UPGC UNDERSTANDS FROM THE POLYTECHNIC THAT IN MOST CASES THE CANCELLED CLASSES WERE RE-SCHEDULED AND MADE UP AT A LATER DATE,' MR LEUNG SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THE UPGC WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE SPACE AND ACCOMMODATION OF THE SEVEN UPGC- FUNDED INSTITUTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM 1991 TO 2001.

"THE REVIEW AIMS, INTER ALIA, TO ENABLE THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROVISION OF SPACE AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FUTURE PROVISION."

MR LEUNG SAID THE ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTOOD THAT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HAD PLANS TO EXPAND ITS CAMPUS FACILITIES AND THESE WOULD BE EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESULTS OF THE UPGC'S REVIEW.

HKU LOOKS INTO COPYRIGHT CASE

THE ADMINISTRATION IS AWARE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HAS INSTIGATED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REGARDING A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CASE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU ON A CIVIL SUIT BETWEEN THREE ACADEMIC STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY.

**THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL CONTINUING AND THE UNIVERSITY IS AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION BEFORE CONSIDERING WHETHER ANY FURTHER ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN, MR LEUNG SAID.

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HE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT OF THE CASE, A READER AT THE UNIVERSITY, LOST A CIVIL SUIT FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND MISUSE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

ON THE QUESTION WHETHER PLAGIARISM WAS COMMONPLACE AMONG THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG, MR LEUNG SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WAS AWARE THAT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAD PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES DRAL WITH INTERNAL DISCIPLINARY ISSUES SUCH AS ALLEGATIONS PLAGIARISM.

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"THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO BERN INFORMED BY THE INSTITUTIONS THAT PLAGIARISM IS NOT COMMONPLACE IN HONG KONG, MR LEUNG SAID.

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