The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the government’s bill on the city’s tertiary education sector, slated to come into effect only one year after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session yesterday.
The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in February 2015. The legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee held 27 meetings to review the bill.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng introduced the bill to the legislature yesterday.
The new Tertiary Education System Law will replace a decree law regulating the city’s tertiary education sector dating back to 1991.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (left) and Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) Director Sou Chio Fai listen to lawmakers’ questions about the government’s tertiary education sector bill during yesterday’s plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle. Photo: Tony Wong
