WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1993
NEW REGISTRAR TO REGULATE OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN HK
THE
GOVERNMENT
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HAS
DECIDED
PRINCIPLE TO
UP IN
NEW
OF OPERATIONS
OVERSEAS TERTIARY
DRAW
LEGISLATION
TO
THE REGULATE INSTITUTIONS (OTIS) IN HONG KONG.
TODAY {WEDNESDAY) THAT THE THE STANDARDS OF THE COURSES KONG WERE RECOGNISED BY THE ACCREDITING AUTHORITIES IN THEIR
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED
TO
THAT ENSURE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE OFFERED BY THESE INSTITUTIONS IN HONG OTIS THEMSELVES AS WELL AS BY THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.
OF
AT LEVELS OVERSEAS,
"THE LEGISLATION WILL ALSO AIM TO ENSURE THAT THE STANDARDS
IN
WOULD BE COURSES
HONG KONG
MAINTAINED DELIVERED COMPARABLE TO THOSE ACHIEVED ON-CAMPUS IN THE INSTITUTIONS THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
OF
THE
PENDING THE ENACTMENT
PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION, THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE WILL BE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
LOCAL WITH COLLABORATING
TERTIARY
AND INSTITUTIONS GIVEN TO OTIS
IN HONG APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES TO DELIVER OVERSEAS COURSES KONG UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
INSTITUTIONS OR
THESE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE LOCAL TERTIARY APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES MUST CERTIFY THE FOLLOWING:
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AND,
WHERE
AND THEIR COURSES ARE THE OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
ACADEMICALLY RECOGNISED
APPROPRIATE, PROFESSIONALLY BY THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS ARE SITUATED;
THE COURSES
OFFERED IN HONG KONG ARE THE STANDARDS OF
OFFERED IN THE MAINTAINED AT LEVELS COMPARABLE TO THOSE
OTIS OT(S' HOME COUNTRIES AND ARE RECOGNISED AS SUCH BY THE
COMMUNITIES IN AND THE ACCREDITING AUTHORITIES OR ACADEMIC THOSE COUNTRIES; AND
NO PUBLIC
FUNDS ALLOCATED
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THE
INSTITUTIONS OR APPROVED POST-SECONDARY FOR THE COLLABORATIVE VENTURES.
LOCAL TERTIARY COLLEGES ARE USED
COURSES MUST AVAILABLE TO THE
IN ADDITION, ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE COLLABORATIVE BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND MADE PUBLIC ON REQUEST.
ALL OTHER OTIS WILL "BEFORE THE NEW LEGISLATION IS ENACTED,
ANY CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT TO THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES
TO 20 OR MORE PERSONS OPERATIONS PROVIDING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG
ANY TIME, TO APPLY DURING ANY ONE DAY, OR EIGHT OR MORE PERSONS AT FOR REGISTRATION AS SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.
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