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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1992

HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST PORTS IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF CONTAINER THROUGHPUT, TONNAGE OF SHIPPING USING ITS FACILITIES, CARGO HANDLED AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED.

SOME 130,000 OCEAN-GOING AND RIVER-TRADE VESSELS CALL AT HONG KONG EVERY YEAR AND THERE ARE ANOTHER 20,000 LOCAL VESSELS INCLUDING BARGES, FERRIES, FISHING BOATS AND PLEASURE VESSELS, WHICH OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE WATERS OF HONG KONG.

LINGNAN COLLEGE UPGRADED TO DEGREE-AWARDING INSTITUTION

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THE LINGNAN COLLEGE ORDINANCE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE COLLEGE AS A DEGREE-AWARDING INSTITUTION, INTO EFFECT YESTERDAY (SUNDAY).

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THE UPGRADING OF THE COLLEGE CONSTITUTES GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO EXPAND TERTIARY EDUCATION, UNDER WHICH A OF 14,500 FIRST-YEAR, FIRST-DEGREE PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED TO 18 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE POPULATION OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP BY 1994/95,

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID LINGNAN COLLEGE WOULD BE ABOUT 1,800 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT PLACES BY 1994/95, 690 WILL BE FIRST-YEAR, FIRST-DEGREE PLACES.

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THE COLLEGE IS CURRENTLY OFFERING TWO DEGREE PROGRAMMES A BA PROGRAMME IN TRANSLATION AND A BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMME, HE SAID.

ESTABLISHED 25 YEARS AGO AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, LINGNAN COLLEGE GAINED RECOGNITION AS AN APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE UNDER THE POST SECONDARY COLLEGE ORDINANCE IN 1978.

IN 1987, A REVIEW BY THE UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS CONCLUDED THAT THE COURSES OFFERED BY THE COLLEGE WERE EQUIVALENT IN STANDARD ΤΟ THOSE OFFERED BY SOME TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC).

THE UPGC RECOMMENDED IN 1990 THAT THE COLLEGE SHOULD UPGRADED AS A DEGREE-AWARDING INSTITUTION.

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