MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1988
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FUTURE PLANS AND EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (MONDAY) ANNOUNCED FURTHER CONCERNING EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN THE 1991-94 TRIENNIUM.
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"PLACES IN OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WILL BE EXPANDED THAN 20 PER CENT FROM 40,050 IN 1991 TO 48,800 IN 1994, SAID A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.
THE PLANNED
FOLLOWS:
EXPANSION OF THE
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IS AS
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES
1990/91
1993/94
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY
8,150
9,100
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF
7,400
8,700
HONG KONG
HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC
13,500
13,500
CITY POLYTECHNIC OF
8,000
10,800
HONG HONG
HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE
3,000
3,250
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF
3,450
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
40,050
48,800
(ACTUAL ENROLMENTS IN 1988/89 ARE 35,910)
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
"PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY ARE THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, WHICH HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED COMPLETION OF PHASE II OF ITS NEW CAMPUS IN KOWLOON TONG, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL ADMIT ITS FIRST BATCH OF 700 STUDENTS IN 1991," HE SAID.
"FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP THE PARTICIPATION RATE FOR FIRST-YEAR FIRST-DEGREE STUDIES WILL INCREASE FROM SIX PER CENT NOW TO ABOUT EIGHT PER CENT IN 1991 AND TO ABOUT 11 PER CENT IN 1994.
"BUT OUR