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The Development of Senior Secondary and Tertiary Education (October 1978).

The White Paper set forth the following policy guidelines:

(i) Rate of provision of subsidised sixth-form places:

Subsidised sixth-form places to be provided in schools and

(subject to specified conditions) approved post-secondary

colleges for up to one-third of the students entering

subsidised Form IV places two years previously, subject to

sufficient numbers of students seeking admission. (Calculated

on this basis, the maximum requirement for Lower/Middle Form

VI places rises from 6,520 in 1979/80 to 9,410 in 1981/82,

18,320 in 1984/85 and 18,360 by 1985/86 and 1986/87)(w.P.

Para 6.1).

(ii) Recommended standard for entry to sixth-form courses:

The minimum standard to continue to be a Hong Kong Certificate

of Education with passes obtained in one sitting at Grade C in

two subjects and Grade E in four other subjects (or Grade C in

four subjects and Grade E in one other subject), but schools

to be encouraged to admit students with better qualifications

(para 6.2).

(iii) Growth rate of university places: After the approved target

for the then current triennium of 10,330 students in 1980/81

had been achieved, the combined undergraduate population of

the two universities to grow at 3 per cent annually; the government

to consider during the 1980s whether this growth rate should be

changed, having regard to the demand from well-qualified

students for entry to local universities, to the opportunities

available overseas and to the employment prospects of graduates

(para 6.6).