(b)
Education
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58.
Some 17% of total public expenditure was devoted to the Hong
Kong education system last year, more than on any other single item of government activity. During the year the Hong Kong Government
pressed ahead with its secondary schools building programme
further 36 schools are scheduled for completion between now and
1990. On present
the progress,
full demand for places
and 5 of secondary schools should be met by 1991.
Textbooks Committee was established whose task will
that an adequate supply of good quality textbooks will be available
to schools wishing to adopt Chinese as the medium of instruction.
59.
in
forms 4
A Chinese
be
to ensure
The Education Commission, set up in April 1984 to co-ordinate
and give consolidated advice on educational policy in Hong Kong,
in
September.
released its second report
far-reaching recommendations for sixth form
The report contains
education, pre-school
the
education, teacher preparation, open education and the financing of
the education system.
Public comment has been invited on its
proposals and considerable debate has been generated. The Hong Kong Government expects to make decisions on the implementation
report's recommendations in early 1987,
in early 1987, following completion of the
period of public consultation
of
60.
In 1986 the
Government
third a
Hong Kong
announced its intention to
university in the territory.
A committee to
establish
oversee the planning of the new institution has now been established
with distinguished
local and
university will be a
technology,
overseas membership
The new
grouping of professional schools emphasising
management
and business
studies
It
is
science, expected that it will admit its first students in the early 1990s by
which time the number of first-year,
first degree places available
to Hong Kong students will have risen to 8,300 present figure of 4,200
compared with
the
61.
the Hong
Hong Kong now has five degree awarding institutions: Kong and Chinese universities, the two polytechnics and the Baptist
College.
1986 there were 16,000 students on degree courses
additional programmes will be introduced this year.
In
and
At present,
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