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Figures on students receiving overseas education
Following is a question by the Hon Choy Kan-pui and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Reply:
Will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Mr President,
of the number of local students who went abroad to undertake undergraduate or postgraduate courses in the past three years;
of the number of persons who returned to Hong Kong after completing undergraduate or postgraduate courses abroad in each of the past three years; and
whether, in the light of the figures given in the answers to (a) and (b) above, there is a problem of brain drain among those who have completed higher education abroad, or whether there is an increase in the number of such persons returning to Hong Kong; and of the impact such a situation will have on the territory?
Since the Government does not require Hong Kong residents to reveal the purpose of their entry into or exit from the territory, we do not have a record of the exact numbers of local students going abroad for undergraduate or postgraduate courses in the past three years or the numbers of persons returning to Hong Kong after completing those courses abroad. However, the following data may be of interest to Members -