University staff are to march on March 30 against the government's plan to de-link their salaries from the civil service pay scale. The Federation of Higher Education Staff Association has initiated the protest, which is also supported by the Professional Teachers' Union.
THE POPULAR CHOICE
Medicine and business administration were the most popular subjects chosen by outstanding sixth-formers under the early admissions scheme. Medicine degrees at both University of Hong Kong and Chinese University received more than 170 applications out of the 400-odd total. About half of the 339 applications received by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology were for global business management.
ART ARCHIVE OPENS
Hong Kong's first research centre for contemporary Asian art opens today at 2/F, 8 Wah Koon Building, 181-191 Hollywood Rd. The Asia Art Archive provides visitors with access to art books, magazines, monographs, online catalogues and audio-video recordings
FIVE TO GET DEGREES
The University of Hong Kong will next week confer honorary degrees on Education Commision chairwoman Rosanna Wong Yick-ming; Hong Kong Airport architect Lord Foster of Thames Bank; Shanghai professor Xu Kuangdi; architect John Choa, and former HKU chaplain Alfred Deignan.