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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992
THE LAST GROUP COMPRISED 6,300 STUDENTS WHO WERE GRADUATES FROM TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OR POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES IN HONG KONG.
"ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE LAST GROUP WERE DEGREE HOLDERS AND WOULD BE PURSUING POSTGRADUATE STUDIES ABROAD. OTHERS MAY BE ENROLled FOR ADVANCED YEARS OF FIRST DEGREE COURSES OR POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES, DEPENDING ON THE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS, ** MR CHAN SAID.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENT VISA RECIPIENTS BY ISSUING COUNTRY AND BY EDUCATION ATTAINMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ISSUING COUNTRY
SECONDARY OR BELOW
SIXTH FORM
POST-SECONDARY/
UNIVERSITY
ALL LEVELS
U.S.A.
700
1,800
3,400
5,900
CANADA
3,300
1,000
300
4,600
UK
2,000
500
1,900
4,400
AUSTRALIA
2,300
1,000
700
4,000
TOTAL
8,300
4,300
6,300
18,900
**THE REMAINING
ISSUED MAINLY ATTEND
FIVE PER CENT OF STUDENTS TO WHOM VISAS ARE COURSES IN WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES. RELIABLE FIGURES FOR THIS GROUP ARE NOT AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
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PROJECTS ENDORSED BY SWAC TO BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY
THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THREE PROJECTS ENDORSED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC) WILL BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY.
THESE PROJECTS RELATE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDER SCHEME, THE HOME HELP TEAMS AND INFIRMARY UNITS.
MRS WONG SAID THE FIRST PHASE OF THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDER SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED EARLY THIS YEAR.
EIGHT ADDITIONAL HOME HELP TEAMS AND THREE ADDITIONAL INFIRMARY UNITS WILL BE PROVIDED IN 1992/93.
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