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encourage actively Hong Kong students to further
their studies in the UK, although the availability
of aid will no doubt be seen by some to be an incentive
to do so. Rather, its main objective is to provide
needy Hong Kong students pursuing a first degree or
polytechnic Higher National Diploma course with
financial assistance to enable them to meet the
difference between the UK home and overseas rates of
tuition fee, the latter having been pitched at the
full cost level by Her Majesty's Government from 1980.
Being a modest size and of finite means, the Scheme
is means-tested.
11.
However the scheme, which was set up in time
for the academic year 1983-84 and is now in its second
year of operation, has thrown up some problems, and it
is proposed to review the situation with the Secretariat
of UPGC who manage the scheme. Mr. Cheung seems to feel
the scheme may be insufficiently well-known so we will
include publicity in the review.
12.
Dr. HỌ Kam-fai has expressed his concern about
manpower for the Labour Department's Factory Inspectorate
and the need to provide staff with training on the
prevention of industrial accidents caused by toxic
substances.
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