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Question No. 1

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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Architectural contract of the third university

Reply by Secretary for Education & Manpower to a question by Dr. Hon. Conrad Lam- in LegGo on 27 January 1988

1. Dr. LAM asked (in Cantonese):

-Questions

Will Government inform this Council of the criteria adopted by the planning committee of the third university of Hong Kong in awarding the architectural contract of the university?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:

sir,

In selecting a design for the Hong Kong

University of Science and Technology

com

the planning le

Committee's main aim was to produce the best possible

university for Hong Kong's needs with the site and

other resources available.

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The criteria were explained in more detail in

odd pages of the planning Brief. The Brief

the 50 odd pages

also described the

structure, size and development

requirements of the niversity,

that

to which the design

must conform. It said the aim was to create a total

comprehensive environment

buildings and the landscape.

living

by the

integration of

seen It may be

as

a

in

organism that adapts to rapid changes

technology, provides a visual impression of experiment

and enquiry, and is both functional and aesthetically

pleasing without

recourse

to the

use of extreme

or