TNAG-1015-FCO40-1265-Quarterly-progress-reports-on-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 278

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Subject

3. Development of .....

Tertiary Education

(cont'd)

4. Fee Increases

for Universities and Polytechnic

5. The Prince

Philip Dental Hospital

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Purpose

:

To determine new fees to be taken into account for grant purposes.

Progress made and present position

(b) University and Polytechnic Grants

Committee (UPCC) Grant recommendations based on a 4% growth rate per annum received, Draft Executive Council (ExCo ) memorandum circulated for comments. (c) Possible amendments to the Post-Secondary Colleges Ordinance were circulated to the Colleges for comment and further considera- tion in CRPSTE. The comments of the Colleges were received at the end of January and are being examined.

d) First round of Council for National

Academic Awards (CNAA) assessments of Baptist. and Lingnan Colleges' courses completed and formal CNAA report awaited. Shue Yan College was not assessed as no submission was received.

The University of Hong Kong adopted lower tuition fees than those which will be assumed by the Government in the calculation of grants, but applied them to all students. These fee levels are also different from those adopted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The broad principles of a revised method of calculating grants and loans to students have been agreed.

To establish a dental school at (a) The Project Steering Committee continued the University of Hong Kong

(HKU):

to monitor progress.

Phased handover to the Provisional Board of Management commenced on 18 November 1980 with the

The 1st completion of the 4th floor.

and 2nd floors were handed over on 7 January 1981, followed by the 3rd floor on 13 January. Patient treatment and dental technician training began 13 January 1981. ;

on

،،

Next quarter target

(b) To process Grant

recommendations through ExCo and to Finance Committee..

(c) To formulate proposal for discussion in CRPTSTE.

(d) To process CNAA

Report and to finalise the CNAA agreement for future visitations.

Put the revised Student Finance Scheme proposals to Finance Committee and keep in view the implications of the

two Universities decisions in respect of tuition fees.

To continue to monitor

progress on all

matters relating to the completion of the project.

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