Panel on Education

Special meeting on
Monday, 1 December 2003 at 4:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda

*I.University Grants Committee - Funding for 2004/2005
(4:30 pm - 6:00 pm)

File Ref : EMB(MPE)CR/8/2041/03

-Legislative Council Brief on "University Grants Committee : funding for 2004/05" provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)479/03-04(01)

-A joint statement on the financing of higher education provided by the Heads of University Committee

Meeting with deputations

(a)Heads of Universities Committee
LC Paper No. CB(2)479/03-04(01)

(b)The Federation of the Hong Kong Higher Education Institutions Staff Associations
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(01) (Chinese version only)

(c) Academic Staff Association, The University of Hong Kong

(d) The Chinese University of Hong Kong Staff Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)496/03-04(01) (Chinese version only)

(e) Non-Academic Staff Association, The University of Hong Kong
LC Paper No. CB(2)493/03-04(01) (Chinese version only)(revised)

(f) The Teachers' Association of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
LC Paper No. CB(2)496/03-04(01) (Chinese version only)

(g) Staff Association of City University of Hong Kong

(h) Hong Kong Polytechnic University Staff Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(02) (Chinese version only)

(i) Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
LC Paper No. CB(2)501/03-04(01) (Chinese version only)

(j) Hong Kong Baptist University Staff Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)467/03-04(01) (English version only)

(k) Save Sub-Degree Programs Alliance
LC Paper No. CB(2)496/03-04(02) (Chinese version only)

(l) The Academic Staff Association of the Hong Kong Institute of Education

(m) Lingnan University Staff Representative
LC Paper No. CB(2)496/03-04(03) (Chinese version only)

(n) Save the College Action Group, City University of Hong Kong
LC Paper No. CB(2)493/03-04(03) (Chinese version only)

(o) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Staff Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(03) (English version only)

(p) City University of Hong Kong Students' Union
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(04) (Chinese version only)

(q) Hong Kong Baptist University Student Union

(r) Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Students' Union
LC Paper No. CB(2)501/03-04(02) (Chinese version only)

(s) Hong Kong Federation of Students
LC Paper No. CB(2)501/03-04(03) (Chinese version only)

(t) The Chinese University of Hong Kong Student Union

(u) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Students' Union
LC Paper No. CB(2)467/03-04(02) (Chinese version only)

(v) Hong Kong University Students' Union
LC Paper No. CB(2)496/03-04(04)

(w) Lingnan University Students' Union

(x) The Students' Union of the Hong Kong Institute of Education

(y) Hong Kong Youth & Tertiary Students Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)496/03-04(05) (Chinese version only)

(z) Postgraduate Student Association, The University of Hong Kong
LC Paper No. CB(2)479/03-04(02) (English version only)

(aa)Asian Students Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)501/03-04(04) (English version only)

Written submissions received

LC Paper No. CB(2)467/03-04(03)(English version only)

-Written submission from Professor Jian-Hua YIN, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

LC Paper Nos. CB(2)467/03-04(04)- (09)

-Written submissions from individuals

LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(05)(Chinese version only)

-Written submission from Hong Kong Laboratory Technicians' Association

Relevant paper

LC Paper No. CB(2)2071/02-03

-Minutes of meeting of the Panel on Education held on 7 April 2003 (Agenda item II )

*II.Matching Grant Scheme for University Grants Committee-funded Institutions
(6:00 pm - 6:30 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)442/03-04(01)

-Paper provided by the Administration

Relevant paper

LC Paper No. CB(2)2404/02-03

-Minutes of meeting of the Panel on Education held on 19 May 2003 (Agenda item IV)

III.Proposed education funding cuts
(6:30 pm - 7:25 pm)

Meeting with deputations

(a)Caput Schools Council

(b)Hong Kong Council of Early Childhood Education & Services

(c) Subsidized Primary Schools Council
LC Paper No. CB(2)497/03-04(03) (Chinese version only)

(d) The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
LC Paper No. CB(2)467/03-04(10) (Chinese version only)

(e) Association of Principals of Secondary Schools, The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
LC Paper No. CB(2)467/03-04(11) (Chinese version only)

(f) Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
LC Paper No. CB(2)501/03-04(05) (Chinese version only)

(g) The Alliance for Small-class Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools
LC Paper No. CB(2)467/03-04(12) (Chinese version only)
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(06) (Chinese version only)

(h) The Association of Hong Kong Chinese Middle School

(i) Hong Kong Association of Heads of Secondary Schools

(j) Tai Po Early Childhood Educational Principal Association

(k) Hong Kong Kindergarten Association

(l) Evening School's Students Union

(m) Postgraduate Student Association, The University of Hong Kong
LC Paper No. CB(2)479/03-04(02) (English version only)

(n) The HKIEd Past Student's Association of Early Childhood Teachers Education

(o) Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association
LC Paper No. CB(2)493/03-04(02) (Chinese version only)

(p) The Non-Profit-Making Kindergarten Council of Hong Kong

(q) Hong Kong Special Schools Council

(r) The Association of Heads of Primary Schools, the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(07) (Chinese version only)

Individual

(s)Miss Anita Chi-kwan LEE
LC Paper No. CB(2)530/03-04(08) (English version only)

IV.Any other business
(7:25 pm - 7:30 pm)


* All other Hon LegCo Members are invited to join the discussion of this item.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
3 December 2003