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section 7 of the Education Ordinance, which states:

"7(1) There shall be a Board of Education appointed

in accordance with subsection (2) which may advise the

Governor on educational matters.

(2) The Governor shall by notice in the Gazette

appoint as members of the Board such persons as he

thinks fit.

(3) A member of the Board shall hold office for such

period as may be specified in such notice.

(4)

The Board may regulate its procedure.

(5) Such officers of the Education Department as the

Director may nominate shall attend the meetings of

the Board.

(6)

The Director shall appoint an officer of the

Education Department to be the secretary to the Board.

(7) The secretary to the Board shall forward a record of

every meeting of the Board to the Director, who shall

transmit a copy of the record to the Governor together

with any observations which the Director may wish to

make on such record."

Current membership of the Board is as shown at appendix L. 19 of the

21 members (excluding the Secretary, who is a full-time official of

the Education Department) are unofficial members, the two official

members being the Director of Education (Vice Chairman) and the Deputy

Secretary for Social Services. The chair has been occupied by unofficials

since January 1973. Broadly speaking, the unofficials reflect the

following interests:

(a) tertiary institutions: the University of Hong Kong;

the Chinese University of Hong Kong; The Hong Kong

Polytechnic; the approved post-secondary colleges;