Hong Kong Ordinances

POST SECONDARY COLLEGES ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Requirements for registration

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

A Post Secondary College shall be eligible for registration under section  3
and thereafter to remain on the register where the Permanent Secretary is
satisfied as to- (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 25)

   (a)  the composition of the Board of Governors, College Council and
        teaching staff being such as to ensure satisfactory academic and
        general standards and conduct;

   (b)  the constitution, statutes or other instruments which govern the Post
        Secondary College; (Amended 37 of 1962 s. 2)

   (c)  the courses offered being suitable in all respects for Post Secondary
        Colleges meeting a community need and including major courses
        extending over at least four years;

   (d)  the equipment, laboratories, library and general facilities being
        adequate for the courses offered;

   (e)  the number, qualifications, remuneration and conditions of service of
        the Post Secondary College staff;

   (f)  the premises being adequate for the purposes of a Post Secondary
        College and being in all ways suitable and safe for such purposes;

   (g)  the conditions as to age and attainments of the students qualifying
        for admission, the standard of instruction and the final examination
        standards;

   (h)  the number of students being admitted having regard to the maintenance
        of status and standards, facilities available and community need;

   (i)  students being admitted without favour being shown on grounds of race,
        nationality or religion save where on the application of the Post
        Secondary College the Permanent Secretary approves of an exception in
        favour of a class of persons holding a particular religious faith;
        (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 25)

   (j)  the Post Secondary College being free from affiliation with or control
        by any government other than the Government of the Hong Kong Special
        Administrative Region or any organization outside Hong Kong or any
        political group and the students teachers and officers refraining from
        political propaganda and from any undesirable political activity and
        from any other activity whatsoever which the Permanent Secretary
        considers inimical to the interests of the College; (Amended 53 of
        2000 s. 3; 3 of 2003 s. 25)

   (k)  adequate provision being made in the Post Secondary College for the
        encouragement of corporate and social life and for recreation;

   (l)  the finances of the Post Secondary College;

   (m)  the legal status of the Post Secondary College which shall be a
        corporation unless other arrangements are made, to the approval of the
        Permanent Secretary, for the proper discharge of legal obligations and
        safeguarding of rights of the College; (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 25)

   (n)  the College complying in all respects with the provisions of this
        Ordinance.