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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1988

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FUTURE PLANS AND EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (MONDAY) ANNOUNCED FURTHER CONCERNING EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN THE 1991-94 TRIENNIUM.

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"PLACES IN OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WILL BE EXPANDED THAN 20 PER CENT FROM 40,050 IN 1991 TO 48,800 IN 1994, SAID A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.

THE PLANNED

FOLLOWS:

EXPANSION OF THE

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IS AS

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES

1990/91

1993/94

HONG KONG UNIVERSITY

8,150

9,100

CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF

7,400

8,700

HONG KONG

HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC

13,500

13,500

CITY POLYTECHNIC OF

8,000

10,800

HONG HONG

HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE

3,000

3,250

HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF

3,450

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

40,050

48,800

(ACTUAL ENROLMENTS IN 1988/89 ARE 35,910)

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

"PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY ARE THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, WHICH HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED COMPLETION OF PHASE II OF ITS NEW CAMPUS IN KOWLOON TONG, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL ADMIT ITS FIRST BATCH OF 700 STUDENTS IN 1991," HE SAID.

"FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP THE PARTICIPATION RATE FOR FIRST-YEAR FIRST-DEGREE STUDIES WILL INCREASE FROM SIX PER CENT NOW TO ABOUT EIGHT PER CENT IN 1991 AND TO ABOUT 11 PER CENT IN 1994.

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