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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991

IT REFERRED TO THE TREATY OF TIENTSIN OF 1858 AND HAD FALLEN INTO DISUSE SINCE 1949, HE SAID.

HONG KONG ALSO HAD NO ARRANGEMENTS WITH TAIWAN IN RELATION TO EXTRADITION, THE SECRETARY ADDED.

AS REGARDS THE NUMBER OF EXTRADITION CASES, MR STRACHAN SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO REQUESTS FOR EXTRADITION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA OR BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

STATISTICS ON DEGREE COURSES ENTRANCE APPLICATIONS

TOTAL

IN 1990-91 THERE WERE 18,629 UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS OUT OF A OF 23,056 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FROM CANDIDATES WHO MET THE MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THEIR DEGREE COURSES, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS INFORMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ERIC LI KA- CHEUNG, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, STATED

THE THE MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE COURSES AT THAT

SEVEN UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS WERE SET BY THE GOVERNING COUNCILS OF THE INSTITUTIONS.

HE

EXPLAINED THAT IN DOING SO, AN

INTO ACCOUNT:

THE

INSTITUTION NORMALLY TOOK

MINIMUM STANDARD REQUIRED OF A NEW ENTRANT TO ENSURE THAT HE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE COURSE OF STUDY IN QUESTION AND WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE HIS STUDIES SUCCESSFULLY;

THE CURRICULUM STRUCTURE IN LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION SYSTEMS IN HONG KONG;

THE

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS OF UNIVERSITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY THE UK WHERE THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION SYSTEMS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN HONG KONG; AND

CURRENT EDUCATION POLICIES AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.

HAD SECRETARY SAID IN THE LIMITED TIME AVAILABLE, IT THE BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF UNSUCCESSFUL AND TOTAL APPLICATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, BOTH OF WHICH WERE ALSO OFFERING YEAR FIRST DEGREE PLACES IN 1990-91.

NOT

FIRST

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