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Some 17% of total public expenditure was devoted to the Hong

Kong education system last year, more than on any other single item During the year the Hong Kong Government

of

government activity.

pressed ahead with its secondary schools building programme anda?

further 36 schools

On

full demand

for places

in

are scheduled for completion between now and

the present progress,

forms 4

and 5 of secondary schools should be met by 1991.

1990.

A Chinese

be will

to ensure

Textbooks Committee was established whose task

adequate supply of good quality textbooks will be available

that an

to schools wishing to adopt Chinese as the medium of instruction. <io)

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The Education Commission, set up

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and give

consolidated

advice on

up in April 1984 to co-ordinate

educational policy in Hong Kong,

released its second report in September.

far-reaching recommendations for sixth form

education, teacher preparation,

The report contains

education, pre-school

open education and the financing of

Public comment has been invited on its

the education system. proposals and considerable debate has been generated. The Hong Kong Government expects to make decisions on the implementation of the report's recommendations in early 1987, following completion of the

Pavel

period of public consultation. På elo

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establish

a

In 1986 the Hong Kong Government announced its intention to

third university in the territory. A committee to

Oversee the planning of the new institution has now been established

local and overseas membership

with distinguished

university will be a

The new

grouping of professional schools emphasising

management

and

business

studies

It

is

science, technology, 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 compared with present figure of 4,200. Ca..

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the

Hong Kong now has five degree awarding institutions: the Hong Kong and Chinese universities, the two polytechnics and the Baptist

College. In 1986 there were

additional programmes will

and

16,000 students

on degree courses

be introduced this year.

At present,

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