Panel on Education

Meeting on Monday, 8 December 2008, at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda
(as at 4 December 2008)

I.Confirmation of minutes
(4:30 pm - 4:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)376/08-09

-Minutes of meeting on 23 October 2008

LC Paper No. CB(2)385/08-09

-Minutes of meeting on 10 November 2008

II.Information paper(s) issued since the last meeting
(4:35 pm - 4:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)317/08-09(01)

-Letter dated 17 November 2008 from The Chinese University of Hong Kong concerning the grievance and complaint mechanism of the University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded institutions

LC Paper No. CB(2)319/08-09(01)

-Executive Summary of the Report on the Study on Tracking the Adaptation and Development of Non-Chinese Speaking Children in Mainstream Schools

LC Paper No. CB(2)381/08-09(01)

-An interim reply from the Secretary for Education dated 1 December 2008 concerning the governance structure and grievance and complaint mechanism of the UGC-funded institutions

III.Items for discussion at the next meeting
(4:40 pm - 4:45 pm)

Appendix I to LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09

-List of outstanding items for discussion

Appendix II to LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09

-List of follow-up actions

*IV.Recurrent funding for University Grants Committee-funded institutions in the 2009-2010 to 2011-2012 triennium and establishment of Research Endowment Fund
(4:45 pm - 5:55 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09(01)

-Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09(02)

-Background brief entitled "Recurrent funding for the University Grants Committee-funded institutions" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09(03)

-Background brief entitled "Research funding for the University Grants Committee-funded institutions" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

*V.Development of the new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination system and further improvement to the examination processes
(5:55 pm - 6:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09(04)

-Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)387/08-09(05)

-Background brief entitled " Modernisation and development of the examination systems of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

VI.Any other business
(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)

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

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
4 December 2008