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MONDAY, JANUARI 11, 1988

MR LEE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY MADE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG, BUT OUT OF WEDLOCK, TO BECOME HONG KONG RESIDENTS.

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AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN REACHED WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ALLOW THE YOUNG CHILDREN TO ACCOMPANY THEIR MOTHERS BACK TO CHINA IF THE PARENTS 90 WISH.

"BEING HONG KONG RESIDENTS THE CHILDREN CAN RETURN ANY TIME THEY LIKE.

"THE MOTHERS CAN ALSO APPLY FOR TWO WAY EXIT PERMITS TO VISIT THEIR HUSBANDS IN HONG KONG AND THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THEIR HUSBANDS VISITING THEM IN CHINA, SAID MR LEE.

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MR LEE ADDED THAT THE TERRITORY WAS STILL FACED WITH A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,

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IN 1987 ALONE MORE THAN 22,400 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AT THE BORDER (COMPARED WITH 16,800 IN 1986 AND 12,600 IN 1985) AND SOME 4,200 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED IN 1987 AFTER THEY EVADED BORDER SECURITY (COMPARED WITH 3,800 IN 1986 AND 3,400 IN 1985).

PROVISIONAL HONG KONG COUNCIL

FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A PROVISIONAL HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION (PHKCAA) TO PREPARE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION Ag AN INDEPENDENT STATUTORY BODY BY LATE 1989.

THE U.K. COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS (CNAA) HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR VALIDATING DEGREE COURSE PROPOSALS AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE AND THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO 80 WHILST THE PHKCAA UNDERSTUDIES ITS METHODS AND PROCEDURES.

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THE PHKCAA HELD IT FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY AND TODAY (JANUARY 11) UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR DAVID BETHEL.

THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL, PROVIDES FOR FIVE OVERSEAS ACADEMICS, (THE FIFTH TO BE APPOINTED DURING 1988), FIVE HONG KONG ACADEMICS, AND FIVE LAY MEMBERS DRAWN FROM THE PROFESSIONAL, BUSINESS, BANKING AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.

THE REMAINING

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