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(a)

of the tertiary institutions in which students are represented on the institutions' boards of governors;

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(b)

Reply:

(c)

(d)

Mr President,

how the respective numbers of student and staff representatives on these institutions' boards of governors are determined;

whether the staff and student representatives on the institutions' boards of governors enjoy equal rights; if not, what are the institutions' reasons; and

whether there are any tertiary institutions in which students are not represented on the institutions' boards of governors; if so, which are those institutions and what are the institutions' reasons for excluding student representatives on their boards of governors?

It is understood that the question refers to the "Councils" of the tertiary institutions as the governing executive bodies, as set out in the Chinese version of the question. Accordingly, my reply is:

(a)

(b)

(c)

The Administration understands that students are represented on the Councils of five of the tertiary institutions namely the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

The numbers of student and staff representatives on the institutions' Councils are specified in the respective Ordinances or Statutes of the institutions concerned.

The Administration understands that both staff and student representatives of the Councils of the institutions enjoy equal rights. However, different institutions have defined different areas of business where participation in discussion by individual mombers is excluded. These concern mainly matters affecting the appointment, promotion and other personnel matters relating to the staff of the institutions as individuals as well as matters affecting the admission and academic assessment of students as individuals.