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The non-local students came mainly from the People's Republic of China, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Malaysia and other Asian and European countries.
The Government has recently accepted the UGC's recommendation in its Review Report: Higher Education in Hong Kong that the number of non-local students should be increased. The permitted proportion of non-local RPg students has now be raised from 20% to 33% within the RPg target, and the non-local of Ug and TPg has been revised from 2% beyond the target of local students to include a further 2% within the local student target number.
This policy is consistent with our aim of developing Hong Kong's tertiary institutions as an internationally recognised education centre for the region as a whole.
Provision for purchase of neuroleptic drugs
Following is a question by Dr the Hon Huang Chen-ya and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is known that new antipsychotic drugs are more readily accepted by patients, and this has reduced the number of cases of patients failing to turn up for follow-up consultation and treatment. In this connection, is the Government aware of the following data for the past year:
(a) the amount of provision earmarked by the Hospital Authority (HA) for the purchase of neuroleptic drugs, and the proportion of such provision to HA's total expenditure on drugs;
(b)
the average expenditure by the HA on drugs per mental patient and per non-mental patient respectively; and