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adoption of promotion and efficiency bars on the scales for non-university staff, and the application of different staff: student ratios and senior staff ratios to the two

sectors.

26.

staff.

The Committee considers that this matter has been made all the more urgent by the expansion proposals and the need for the non-university institutions to be

be able to

compete in the market as regards the retention and

recruitment of

It is members' expectation, therefore, that it will prove possible to introduce a common scale as soon as possible, and, in any event, no later than the beginning of the 1992-93 academic year. It will be necessary to consult the institutions

on the detailed arrangements for the implementation, and action on this is now being taken as a matter of urgency. In the meantime, an attempt has been made to reflect the

additional cost of

cost of this change in the recurrent estimates provided below [see paragraph 34 and Annex P].

Research Funding

27.

The UPGC considers it to be essential, from the point of view of the future social and economic well-being

of Hong Kong, as well as for the achievement of the expansion, that an adequate level of funding is provided

for research activities in the tertiary institutions. As

stated in paragraph 14(f) above, a detailed

a detailed submission on

this subject is currently under consideration by the

Government. This contains the strongest possible

recommendations regarding enhanced funding over the period

and the

the establishment of Research Grants

1991-97

Council.

The recommendations regarding the funding were

based on the old (1988) student targets and represent the minimum level of support which the Committee considers should be provided for this purpose.