WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1986
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OVERSEAS SCHOOLS NOT SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY
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OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH ARE NOT PROVIDING ANY FORM OF SERVICE IN HONG KONG, BUT SEEKING ONLY TO ADVERTISE HERE, ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY FORM OF SCRUTINY, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR, MR BRIDGE SAID AS THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED HAD NO LOCAL PRÉSENCE, IT WOULD NOT BE PRACTICABLE TO UNDERTAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR SERVICES.
AS TO WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROVIDED REFERENCE MATERIALS ON THESE INSTITUTES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF LOCAL STUDENTS WHO INTENDED TO STUDY ABROAD, MR BRIDGE SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH STUDENTS COULD OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS.
+ THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIP SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS A LARGE COLLECTION OF REFERENCE MATERIALS ON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES.
+STUDENTS WISHING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDY OVERSEAS CAN SEEK DETAILED ADVICE FROM OFFICERS OF THE SECTION IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR OWN SPECIFIC NEEDS. SCHOOLS ARE REGULARLY ADVISED BY CIRCULAR OF THESE SERVICES,+ HE SAID.
MR BRIDGE POINTED OUT THAT IN ADDITION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS EDUCATION SECTION, WHICH MAINTAINED CLOSE LIAISON WITH THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AND GUIDANCE MASTERS, COULD ALSO ASSIST STUDENTS SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT OVERSEAS STUDY.
HE ADDED THAT MOST OF THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS MAINTAINED STOCKS OF REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS' USE, THE BRITISH COUNCIL COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF BRITISH INSTITUTIONS AND CONSULATES AND COMMISSIONS OF OVERSEAS COUNTRIES COULD ALSO BE APPROACHED.
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