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USIS Hong Kong continues to operate an active International Visitors Program, inviting from 10-15 prominent young Hong Kongers to the United States each year for 30-day visits. Included in this program have been key members of the Legislative Council, who participated in programs that enabled them to observe grassroots democracy in the United States. On these visits several legislators established contact with the Library of Congress and the Congressional Research Service. They hope to build on these first contacts to expand educational and informational ties with the United States. addition to U.S. government-sponsored activities, Hong Kong citizens also participate frequently in private sector programs organized by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
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Exchanges between Hong Kong and American universities have proliferated during the last ten years. For example, the John Anderson School of Business at UCLA has a contract to operate the new School of Business at HKUST. CUHK shares a $3 million grant with Yale to promote South China Studies. It also operates the territory's most active foreign student program, attracting almost 100 American participants every year.
Institutional ties are also important. Even more important
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to Hong Kong's future, however, are the vast number of individual ties with the American educational scene. Over 12,000 Hong Kong students now attend American colleges and universities every year. In other words, one out of every 500 Hong Kong citizens is a student in the United States highest per capita ratio in the world. Some 55,000 graduates of American universities now live and work in the territory, nearly one out of every 100 residents of Hong Kong. This number undoubtedly will continue to grow during the coming decade.
The United States government actively encourages Hong Kong residents to visit the United States for the purposes of business, tourism, education and scientific research. In 1992, the Consulate General issued over 130,000 nonimmigrant visas. About 25,000 American citizens live in Hong Kong.
(4) Application of United States Laws
The laws of the United States with respect to which the application of section 201(a) has been suspended pursuant to section 202(a) or with respect to which such a suspension has been terminated pursuant to section 202(d), and the reasons for the suspension of termination, as the case may be.
This section does not apply until on or after July 1, 1997.
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