Higher and Technical Education
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Naturally I welcome Members' enthusiastic support
for our new Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
I also welcome their support for yet further expansion of
our higher education system.
This is an
is an area where we have
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grown extremely fast. 20 years ago we had only about 4,700
full-time or equivalent places. We now have about 34,000,
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an increase of more than times. Many parts of the world
are now cutting down on higher education, but we plan to
continue our rapid growth. As you said in October, we hope
to be able to
to provide about 55,000 places by the mid-90s.
We are now beginning
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to look
look at at
further plans which would this
continue our growth to the end of the century.
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If one looks at degree places only, our expansion
be equally remarkable. 20 years
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has been and continues to be equally remarkable.
ago we were providing for less than 2% of the age group.
Our current figure is about 5 We expect this to increase
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to about 10%) by the mid-90s and to continue increasing until 7
the end of the century.
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Technical and vocational education are growing
equally fast. I will not repeat the figures,
given by you, Sir, in your speech in October.
said, they are impressive by any standard.
As you then
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