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institution project has

was enacted by the Council

donation of

in July.

been given a

a a major boost by generous HK$1.5 billion from the Royal Hong Kong

The

Jockey Club.

This sum will meet most of the capital cost

campus.

Following

a

of building the university successful plenary session of the Planning Committee last month, it is now hoped to appoint the Vice Chancellor by the end of this year; to establish the new University's

Council in April

the first in April next year;

to accept students in 1991, well ahead of the original planned date

of 1994.

and

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(ii) Length of University Courses

been

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The length of degree courses at our tertiary

institutions has

the subject of a good deal of recent debate. The problem is not new. It arises from the different course lengths and systems of matriculation adopted by the two existing universities, which place

differing demands on

university entry.

preparing

for

schools

pupils

It

at has been looked

a

number of

times in the past but has still to be resolved.

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In