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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1993

FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY

14TH DEPARTMENT,

LANDS

BE OBTAINED FROM

MURRAY FLOOR,

BUILDING, THE BUILDINGS AND

KOWLOON IN YAU MA TEI GARDEN ROAD, AND THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICES

THE SALE CARPARK BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, 250 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON. PLANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THESE OFFICES.

CONDITIONS OF SALE CAN

DISTRICT

ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE

TSUEN WAN, SAI KUNG, LANDS OFFICES OF SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, KWAI TSING, TAI PO, NORTH AND ISLANDS.

POLICY GUIDELINES ON NON-LOCAL STUDENTS FORMULATED

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS ENDORSED THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC

THE GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) REGARDING

INSTITUTIONS FUNDED POLICY ON NON-LOCAL STUDENTS STUDYING IN TERTIARY BY THE COMMITTEE.

THE

THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE FOLLOWING A RECENT REVIEW BY UPGC

FORMULATING ON THE TREATMENT OF SUCH STUDENTS, WITH A VIEW - TO POLICY GUIDELINES FOR ADOPTION BY THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

THE

STUDENTS,

THE

STUDENTS, THEY RELATE TO THE DEFINITION OF LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL

TO BENEFITS

NON-LOCAL BE GAINED FROM ACCEPTING

GRANT CALCULATION TREATMENT OF SUCH STUDENTS FOR STUDENT NUMBER AND PURPOSES, AND THE PERMITTED LEVELS OF ENROLMENT FOR NON-LOCAL STUDENTS ON PUBLICLY FUNDED COURSES.

UNDER THE UPGC RECOMMENDATION, "LOCAL STUDENTS" IS DEFINED "STUDENTS WHO HAVE A RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, OR HAVE RESIDED HAD THEIR HOME IN HONG KONG CONTINUJOUSLY FOR THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR COURSES".

AS

OR

IMMEDIATELY

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ALL STUDENT'S NOT FITTING INTO THIS DEFINITION WILL BE AS 'NON-LOCAL STUDENTS"

REGARDED

SEEMS "WE ACCEPT THAT THE USE OF THE TERM 'OVERSEAS STUDENTS'

AFTER TAKING

FACT INTO ACCOUNT THE INAPPROPRIATE

THAT MANY SUCH STUDENTS ARE FROM CHINA, TAIWAN AND MACAU, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

INSTEAD.

++

"WE THEREFORE SUPPORT THE USE OF THE TERM 'NON-LOCAL

STUDENTS'

NON-LOCAL

TO

AS AT THE END OF DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 593 STUDENTS STUDYING IN UPGC-FUNDED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, AMOUNTING 1.16 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION.

THE

TO ENROL A AT SUB-

ALSO ENCOURAGED THE INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT LIMITED NUMBER OF NON-LOCAL STUDENTS ON UPGC-FUNDED COURSES DEGREE, FIRST-DEGREE AND TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE LEVELS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TWO PER CENT OVER AND ABOVE THE APPROVED STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS.

THE INSTITUTIONS WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO ALLOCATE UP TO 20 PER THE UPGC-FUNDED CENT WITHIN THE APPROVED STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS FOR POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSES TO NON-LOCAL STUDENTS.

/IN SETTING