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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1993

THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS IN TEU'S:

IS THE TABLE FOR THE COMPARATIVE CONTAINER

FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1992

FIRST FIVE

MONTHS OF 1993

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINALS

1,868,632

2,119,318

+ 13.4%

STREAM AND ELSEWHERE

915,672

1,090,913

+ 19.1%

RIVER TRADE

119,183

TOTAL

2,896,529

215,677

3,424,324

+ 81.0%

+ 18.2%

NOTE: TO AVOID DOUBLE COUNTING,

FIGURES ARE ADJUSTED DOWNWARDS BY 6,958 IN 1992 AND 1,584 IN 1993 BEING TEU'S HANDLED BY TERMINAL VESSELS CONTRACTED TO WORK IN THE STREAM.

HONG KONG IS THE LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD AND IS ALSO ONE OF THE BUSIEST PORTS IN TERMS OF VESSEL ARRIVALS AND CARGO AND PASSENGER THROUGHPUT.

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FUNDING SCHEME FOR HK STUDENTS IN UK TO DROP

HAVE

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT JOINTLY DECIDED TO PHASE OUT THE JOINT FUNDING SCHEME FOR RONG KONG STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM STARTING FROM 1994/95.

"STUDENTS ALREADY ON COURSES COVERED BY THE SCHEME WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE UNTIL THEIR EXISTING DIPLOMA OR FIRST DEGREE COURSES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SET UP IN 1983, THE SCHEME PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ΤΟ NEEDY HONG KONG STUDENTS PURSUING TERTIARY EDUCATION AT NATIONAL DIPLOMA AND FIRST DEGREE LEVEL IN THE UK.

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'WITH THE EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, IT IS EXPECTED THAT SOME 24 PER CENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FIRST-YEAR, FIRST-DEGREE AND SUB-DEGREE PLACES IN 1994/95, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT,

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'THEREFORE, THERE IS NO STRONG REASON FOR SENDING HONG KONG STUDENTS TO STUDY OVERSEAS AT PUBLIC EXPENSE, HE ADDED.

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