04002大學削資 University funding cuts

 

教院校長莫禮時
Institute president Paul Morris


教育統籌局局長李國章
Secretary for Education and Manpower Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung


學生代表
student representatives


種子基金
seed money


中止抗爭行動
call off their protest


指議員在「做騷」
accused legislators of "putting on a show"


把抗爭行動升級
step up protest action


收回預算草案
withdrew his budget proposals


堅持應該削資
be adamant the cuts should go ahead


綜合了以下因素才決定削資
funding cut was a result of factors including…


出生率下降，教師需求因而減少
the reduction in the demand for teachers because of the falling birth rate


大學教職員代表反對在2005-08年的財政年度進行任何削資，他們表示經濟正在復蘇。
Representatives of university staff opposed any cuts in the 2005-08 budget, saying the economy was already picking up.


李國章堅稱在2007年度全面削資半成只是最壞打算。
Professor Li insisted the 5 per cent across-the-board cut in 2007 was merely a worst-case scenario.


他指立法會議員在媒體面前「做騷」。
He accused legislators of grandstanding for the media.


我從未見過有政府官員在立法會裡受人威脅。
I have never seen any government official being threatened in the [Legco] chamber.


該計劃包括向香港教育學院削資33%。
The plan involves a 33 per cent cut in funding for the Hong Kong Institute of Education.


他向委員會表示他的預算案要在三月前交給財政司司長，以包括在財政預算案之內。
He told the panel his proposals would need approving in time for their inclusion in Henry Tang Ying-yen's budget, which the financial secretary will deliver in March.


由於立法會議員、學者和學生施壓，教育統籌局局長被迫撤回備受爭議的大學削資草案。
The education minister has been forced to delay seeking Legco approval for his hotly contested university funding cuts in the face of pressure from legislators, academics and students.


在昨天的會議前，有超過50名學生在立法會門外通宵靜坐。
More than 50 students staged an overnight sit-in outside Legco ahead of yesterday's meeting.

 

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