WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992
HE ADDED
COUNSELLING AND
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WHO NEED
STUDENTS THAT
FURTHER HELP CAN OBTAIN THE CAREERS AND GUIDANCE
SERVICES FROM ADVISORY SERVICES SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
"IN THE YEAR 1990/91, 2,700 FORM 7 STUDENTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING, HE SAID.
MR CHAN CLARIFIED THAT THE NUMBER 18,629 MENTIONED IN HIS REPLY TO MR LI'S QUESTION ON DECEMBER 18 LAST YEAR REFERRED TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, NOT THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES.
EXPLAINED HE
ADMISSION
THAT LAST YEAR,
OF A INTRODUCTION OF PRIOR TO THE SYSTEM
APPLIED SEPARATELY CANDIDATES INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS AND MOST APPLIED TO MORE THAN ONE.
JOINT
ΤΟ
THUS
THE
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS UNIVERSITY AND
RECEIVED POLYTECHNIC
BY ALL GRANTS
THE FUNDED BY INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE ALWAYS EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.
A
BY THE SAME TOKEN, THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FAILING TO GAIN
OF 18,629, DEGREE PLACE WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE FIGURE PARTICULARLY IF THE NUMBER ADMITTED BY THE TWO POLYTECHNICS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
TOTAL
ESTIMATES OF STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD RELEASED
*
LAST YEAR, A DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
IN OF 18,900 VISAS WERE ISSUED FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS TO STUDY
FOUR MAJOR THE U.S..
CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA, THE
KONG DESTINATIONS WHICH TOGETHER RECEIVE OVER 95 PER CENT OF ALL HONG STUDENTS GOING OVERSEAS.
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID
ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG IN IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS
THE
DATA
AN
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT DID NOT HAVE COMPLETE ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LEAVING HONG KONG TO STUDY OVERSEAS, BUT
STATISTICS PROVIDED BY ESTIMATE
BE MADE BASED ON STUDENT VISA MAY FOREIGN CONSULATES AND COMMISSIONS IN HONG KONG.
BE CLASSIFIED INTO
HE ADDED THAT THE VISA RECIPIENTS COULD THREE GROUPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
THE FIRST GROUP COMPRISED 8,300 STUDENTS SECONDARY EDUCATION OR BELOW AND WHO WOULD BE BELOW DEGREE LEVEL.
WHO HAD COMPLETED ENROLLED IN COURSES
IN
THE SECOND GROUP COMPRISED 4,300 STUDENTS WHO SIXTH FORM IN HONG KONG AND WHO WOULD BE ENROLLED STUDIES.
HAD COMPLETED FIRST DEGREE
/THE LAST