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6. THE COMMUNIST PRESS REPORTED THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF HONG KONG
POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TRAVELLED TO SHUM CHUN TO
SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO SIT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS FOR CHI NAN UNIVERSITY AND THE NEWLY REOPENED OVERSEAS CHINESE UNIVERSITY
IN FUKIEN PROVINCE. THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS WILL BE HELD
FROM JULY 20TH TO 23RD.
EDUCATION.
7. PROTESTS AGAINST THE CLOSURE OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN
JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL CONTINUED ON THE SAME SCALE AS BEFORE.
TWO TEACHERS FROM THE SCHOOL LEFT HONG KONG FOR THE UNITED
KINGDOM ON 26TH JUNE TO PRESENT THEIR CASE FOR THE REOPENING
OF THE SCHOOL TO M.PS AND THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION,
IMMIGRATION FROM VIETNAM.
8. THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ARRIVING IN HONG KONG BY SEA FROM
VIETNAM HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR.
OF THE TOTAL OF 1,218 REFUGEES TO ARRIVE FROM VIETNAM UP. TO THE END OF JUNE, ALMOST HALF HAVE BEEN ETHNIC CHINESE, COMPARED WITH A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE PREVIOUSLY. HONG KONG NOW HAS MORE THAN A THOUSAND AWAITING FINAL RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.
MACAU.
S. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE MACAU FERRY COMPANY, STANLEY HO,
ANNOUNCED ON 14TH JUNE THAT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD GRANTED
PERMISSION FOR A HELICOPTER SERVICE TO BE OPERATED BETWEEN HONG
KONG AND MACAU WHICH WOULD PASS THROUGH CHINESE AIRSPACE.
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