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FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1989

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID NEEDY STUDENTS COULD CONTINUE TO SEEK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME.

UNDER THE SCHEME, UP TO 45 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL FEE INCOME FROM SECONDARY 4 AND 5 AND 50 PER CENT FROM SECONDARY 6 AND 7 MAY BI REMITTED.

AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN HALF AND FULL FEE REMISSION DEPENDING ON HIS FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF INTEREST-FREE LOANS ANO MAINTENANCE GRANTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IN 1989-90.

STUDENT LOANS MADE TO COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STUDENTS IN 1990-91 AND LATER WILL BE SUBJECT TO INTEREST, AS ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR.

NEW FEES FOR ADULT EDUCATION COURSES AND OTHER COURSES OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE SCHOOL YEARS 1989-90 AND 1990-91 WERE ALSO ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.

SCS BRIEFED ON TRADE DEPARTMENT'S INCREASED WORKLOAD

KONG

THE WORKLOAD OF TRADE THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN DEPARTMENT STAFF PARALLEL TO THE GROWTH OF BUSINESS BETWEEN HONG AND ITS TRADING PARTNERS OVERSEAS.

SERVICE, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL

MR HARNAM GREWAL, WAS TOLD THIS DURING HIS VISIT TO THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE DEPARTMENT'S REC (TEXTILES CONTROL)

IS

BRANCH, WHICH RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE

ECONOMIC HONG KONG/EUROPEAN

TEXTILE COMMUNITY TEXTILE AGREEMENT, LAST YEAR PROCESSED SOME 450,000

ADMINISTERED EXPORT LICENCES AND OVER 50,000 OTHER DOCUMENTS. IT ALSO

28,000 HOLDINGS

ΤΟ BELONGING THE QUOTA ACCOUNTING OF HOLDERS.

8,000

QUOTA

DEPARTMENT AT THE SYSTEMS AND COMMON SERVICE BRANCH, WHERE THE

VARIOUS APPLICATIONS FOR RECEIVES AND ISSUES

QUOTA AND NON-QUOTA GREWAL HEARD THAT OVER THREE TEXTILE EXPORT LICENCES, MR

MILLION

APPLICATIONS WERE HANDLED IN 1988.

ISSUES

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE CERTIFICATION BRANCH, WHICH

PROCESSED AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN,

APPROVED OVER 516,400 SUCH OF ORIGIN DOCUMENTS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 786,000 CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE FIVE GOVERNMENT APPROVED CERTIFICATION ORGANISATIONS.

/MR GREWAL