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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1993
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY
14TH DEPARTMENT,
LANDS
BE OBTAINED FROM
MURRAY FLOOR,
BUILDING, THE BUILDINGS AND
KOWLOON IN YAU MA TEI GARDEN ROAD, AND THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICES
THE SALE CARPARK BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, 250 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON. PLANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THESE OFFICES.
CONDITIONS OF SALE CAN
DISTRICT
ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TSUEN WAN, SAI KUNG, LANDS OFFICES OF SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, KWAI TSING, TAI PO, NORTH AND ISLANDS.
POLICY GUIDELINES ON NON-LOCAL STUDENTS FORMULATED
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS ENDORSED THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC
THE GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) REGARDING
INSTITUTIONS FUNDED POLICY ON NON-LOCAL STUDENTS STUDYING IN TERTIARY BY THE COMMITTEE.
THE
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE FOLLOWING A RECENT REVIEW BY UPGC
FORMULATING ON THE TREATMENT OF SUCH STUDENTS, WITH A VIEW - TO POLICY GUIDELINES FOR ADOPTION BY THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
THE
STUDENTS,
THE
STUDENTS, THEY RELATE TO THE DEFINITION OF LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL
TO BENEFITS
NON-LOCAL BE GAINED FROM ACCEPTING
GRANT CALCULATION TREATMENT OF SUCH STUDENTS FOR STUDENT NUMBER AND PURPOSES, AND THE PERMITTED LEVELS OF ENROLMENT FOR NON-LOCAL STUDENTS ON PUBLICLY FUNDED COURSES.
UNDER THE UPGC RECOMMENDATION, "LOCAL STUDENTS" IS DEFINED "STUDENTS WHO HAVE A RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, OR HAVE RESIDED HAD THEIR HOME IN HONG KONG CONTINUJOUSLY FOR THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR COURSES".
AS
OR
IMMEDIATELY
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ALL STUDENT'S NOT FITTING INTO THIS DEFINITION WILL BE AS 'NON-LOCAL STUDENTS"
REGARDED
SEEMS "WE ACCEPT THAT THE USE OF THE TERM 'OVERSEAS STUDENTS'
AFTER TAKING
FACT INTO ACCOUNT THE INAPPROPRIATE
THAT MANY SUCH STUDENTS ARE FROM CHINA, TAIWAN AND MACAU, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
INSTEAD.
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"WE THEREFORE SUPPORT THE USE OF THE TERM 'NON-LOCAL
STUDENTS'
NON-LOCAL
TO
AS AT THE END OF DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 593 STUDENTS STUDYING IN UPGC-FUNDED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, AMOUNTING 1.16 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION.
THE
TO ENROL A AT SUB-
ALSO ENCOURAGED THE INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT LIMITED NUMBER OF NON-LOCAL STUDENTS ON UPGC-FUNDED COURSES DEGREE, FIRST-DEGREE AND TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE LEVELS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TWO PER CENT OVER AND ABOVE THE APPROVED STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS.
THE INSTITUTIONS WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO ALLOCATE UP TO 20 PER THE UPGC-FUNDED CENT WITHIN THE APPROVED STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS FOR POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSES TO NON-LOCAL STUDENTS.
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