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to meet the demands of potential students and the needs

of the economy; and

(ii) the technical institutes should achieve greater flexibility

of response to the needs of industry; and

(iii) part-time adult education should be a means for up-grading

Hong Kong's manpower;

(3) the increase in fees and other restrictions which curtail

(4)

(5)

(6)

the numbers of Hong Kong students obtaining places in tertiary

institutions overseas and may thus render invalid the previous

assumptions that there were likely to be no fewer Hong Kong

students undergoing degree courses overseas than the numbers

of undergraduates in Hong Kong; and

the likely increase in the number of post-sixth form candidates

suitable for further education as a result of the expansion

of secondary education;

the necessity to establish the right mix of educational

opportunities so as to produce a balance of trained manpower

suitable for probable employment demands; and

the high proportion of the educational vote already devoted

to higher education.

To advise on:

(1)

the adequacy of the present pattern and range of institutional

provision for post-secondary education;

(2) current and projected educational and training needs at

different levels, including university education, teacher

education, vocational and professional education and

technical and community education;