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The proposal of this manuscript was submitted while Hong Kong’s education was looking for some sort of a “reform”. It was reported on 19 October 2017 that Tsui Lap-chee, the former president of Hong Kong University, had been invited to chair a Task Force on Review of Research Policy and Funding. It was set up by the University Grant Committee (UGC) with the purpose of reviewing “research support strategy, the level of research funding, and the funding allocation mechanism for the higher education sector”.
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Tang, Wy.R. (2021). What is Education All About?. In: Transforming Education in Practice. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6871-5_5
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