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ANNEX E

UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE

SUB-COMMITTEE ON REVISION AND EXPANSION (SCORE)

Membership

Sir Edward Parkes

(Chairman)

Mr Graham Cheng

Prof Sir Colin Dollery

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Prof Philip Kuhn

(Members)

Mr Antony K C Leung

Mr Andrew Li

Prof Brian Smith

Miss Annie Tam

(Secretary)

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B

Terms of Reference

To provide advice to the UPGC on the most timely and cost-effective method of implementing the following policy proposal regarding accelerated growth in the tertiary institutions

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to increase the number of first year, first degree places planned for the year 1994-95 from 12.9% to no less than 18% of the relevant age group, that is from 10,510 to approximately 15,000 places ".

In providing such advice, the Sub-committee is required to ensure that the tertiary institutions :-

(a)

(b)

do not achieve increased provision at the expense of quality;

do not push the provision of more tertiary education places at a pace faster than the whole education system can match; and

(c)

pay particular attention to graduates' language skills.

improving

The UPGC is required to review the

implementation of IA above in 1993-94,

with a

view

to determining whether further expansion is desirable or practicable during the period 1995-2000.