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(e)

(f)

and research studies, namely MPhil and PhD degrees (particularly relevant in providing a potential source of academic staff for the tertiary sector);

a significant expansion in research studentships to meet the longer-term requirements for academic staff for

for the tertiary sector from within the territory; and

allocation of the

"clawing back" a

an effective and realistic research studentships, by

proportion of the

the places allocated to

to the institutions (except in the case of HKBC, in view of the number allocated to that institution) for redistribution in response to

to competitive bids by the body which replaces the Research Sub-Committee. (In this connection members note that their recommendations on the establishment of

Research Grants Council and enhanced research funding from 1991 onwards remain under consideration by the Government paragraphs 21(iii) and 27 below).

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15.

The institutions have been informed of the

Committee's tentative recommendations on the distribution

of the

the student numbers and have been invited to submit

proposals, in the

the form of increased intakes to existing courses and planned new courses, to accord with those

targets. The institutions' submissions have been considered by the UPGC in detail, having particular regard to the findings in a report prepared by the Education and Manpower Branch (EMB) in March 1990 entitled "A Statistical Projection of Manpower Requirements and Supply for Hong Kong". The report provides a broad overview of requirements at different educational levels over the

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