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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994

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1956.

IT IS IT HAS COLLEGE I'T WILL CONTINUE TO

PROVISION FUNDED

OF HIGHER

THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN CURRENTLY OFFERING OVER 3,600 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES. OVER THE YEARS PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE AS A LIBERAL ARTS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR OF HONG KONG. PLAY ITS UNIQUE ROLE IN THE PUBLICLY EDUCATION.

THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.

AND

CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HK (AMENDMENT) BILL

EDUCATION

FOLLOWING IS THE SPEECH BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR MANPOWER, MR LAM WOON-KWONG, IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE IN THE LEGISLATIVE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG (AMENDMENT} BILL COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

MR PRESIDENT,

I MOVE THE SECOND READING OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG

{ AMENDMENT) BILL.

KONG

THE BILL SEEKS TO GIVE LEGAL EFFECTS TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES OF THE TITLE AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF ACADEMIC HONG KONG TO BETTER REFLECT THE SELF ACCREDITING STATUS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE INSTITUTION.

THE HONG KONG IN 1991. THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG,

THE NOTIFIED POLYTECHNIC HAVE BAPTIST COLLEGE AND THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) OF THEIR TO APPLY FOR UNIVERSITY TITLE AND STATUS.

INTENTION IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AGREED UNIVERSITY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT

BETWEEN THE UPGC AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT THE GRANTING OF TITLE SHOULD ONLY FOLLOW THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE INSTITUTIONS PRINCIPLE AND TERMS OF A DIFFERENTIATION OF ROLES AND THE OF SELF-ACCREDITATION STATUS.

PRECONDITION

WAS

THE

WHEN THE UPGC THE FIRST PRECONDITION. WAS SATISFIED IN 1992

ROLES AND PROMULGATED A POLICY STATEMENT WHICH DESCRIBED THE AGREED

INCLUDING THE TWO MISSIONS OF ALL THE UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS, POLYTECHNICS AND THE BAPTIST COLLEGE. THE SECOND SATISFIED IN JULY 1993 WHEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVED

THEIR THREE INSTITUTIONS SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCREDITING

REVIEWS OF THEIR OWN DEGREE COURSES, SUBJECT TO PERIODIC EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES BY THE UPGC.

TODAY,

THAT

ΤΟ

OF

THREE AMENDMENT BILLS ARE PRESENTED TO THIS COUNCIL GIVE LEGAL EFFECT TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE TITLES AND INTERNAL THE CITY POLYTECHNIC GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES OF THE THREE INSTITUTIONS. OF HONG KONG (AMENDMENT) BILL PROVIDES FOR THE CHANGE OF THE TITLE

THAT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC TO READ "CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG" AND

THE GOVERNOR WILL OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO READ "VICE-CHANCELLOR”.

BY ASSUMING THE NEW REMAIN THE

OF THE INSTITUTION TITULAR HEAD

A "CHANCELLOR" POST. THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

UNIVERSITY AND THE

THE "COURT" AS THE SUPREME ADVISORY BODY OF

AS THE SUPREME REPLACEMENT OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD BY THE "SENATE" ACADEMIC BODY.

/THE COUNCIL

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