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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
THE PROVISION OF PLACES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN EXPANDING RAPIDLY IN THE PAST TWO DECADES AND FIRM PLANS ARE IN HAND FOR FURTHER EXPANSION.
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR DOMINIC WONG, SAID THIS TONIGHT (FRIDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AT HARBOUR BUILDING, WAN CHAI.
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"WHILE IN THE EARLY SIXTIES THERE WAS OPORTUNITY FOR LESS ONE PER CENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP DEGREE STUDIES, WE NOW PROVIDE 36,000 FULL-TIME PLACES," HE
"THIS ENABLES SEVEN PER CENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIRST DEGREES AND FOUR PER CENT FOR NON-DEGREE STUDIES.
THAN TO PURSUE SAID.
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"FIRM PLANS ARE IN HAND ΤΟ EXPAND STEADILY THE NUMBER OF PLACES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SO THAT BY THE YEAR 2000 MORE THAN 14 PER CENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BF ABLE ΤΟ ENTER FOR FIRST DEGREE COURSES, AND SIX PER CENT FOR STUDIES AT NON-DEGREE LEVEL.
"A FURTHER INITIATIVE IN THIS AREA WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG FOR BOTH DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE STUDIES.
NOTWITHSTANDING THESE SUSTAINED EFFORTS, MR WONG SAID IT WAS CLEAR THAT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ SUFFER FROM A SHORTAGE OF FULL-TIME PLACES IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
"INEVITABLY MANY OF OUR BRIGHT STUDENTS WILL BE PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION OVERSEAS, AND AUSTRALIA 15 ONE OF THE POPULAR DESTINATIONS," HE SAID.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT INDISPENSABLE FOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS
CO-ORDINATING
PUBLIC ΤΟ INTEGRATING
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (RDCC), DR HENRIETTA IP, HAS CALLED ON THE SUPPORT THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME, WHICH IS THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AIMED AT
SAID COMMUNITY
SPEAKING AT A RECENT RDCC MEETING, DR IP SUPPORT WAS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED,
"SEVERAL RECENT INCIDENTS INDICATED THAT THE PUBLIC STILL MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE DISABLED," SHE SAID.
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"EDUCATION IS .......
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