Education Bureau's response to ruling of High Court
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     In response to media enquiries today (March 13) on the judgment of the High Court concerning the Judicial Review on part of the findings in the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Allegations relating to the Hong Kong Institute of Education, a spokesman for the Education Bureau said:

     "We welcome the judgment of the court, which clarifies the principles concerning dealings between Government officials and academic institutions.  We have all along respected our higher education institutions' academic freedom, which is a very important value of our society."

Ends/Friday, March 13, 2009
Issued at HKT 19:43

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