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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993

OVERSEAS STUDENTS MAY APPLY FOR ENTRY VISAS

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS ARE PERMITTED TO ENROL NON-LOCAL STUDENTS AT SUB-DEGREE, FIRST DEGREE AND TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE LEVELS UP TO A MAXIMUM

TWO PER CENT OVER AND ABOVE THE APPROVED OF TARGETS.

STUDENT

NUMBER

THE

POLICY

SECURITY,

MR

FOR WAS EXPLAINED BY THE SECRETARY ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

MR ASPREY SAID STUDENTS FROM TAIWAN AND ELSEWHERE ADMITTED

VISAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE POLICY MAY APPLY FOR STUDY IN HONG KONG.

BY

TO

A NUMBER HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IN THE PAST, HE ADDED.

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AIRPORT TAXI SERVICES IMPROVED

AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN TAXI SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED FOLLOWING THE RELOCATION OF THE AIRPORT BUS TERMINUS AND EXTENSION OF THE AREA FOR THE TWO AIRPORT TAXI STANDS IN OCTOBER YEAR.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD YOUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

RESULTS OF THE LATEST SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT THE AVERAGE HOURLY TAXI THROUGHPUT DURING PRAK PERIODS HAD INCREASED FROM 410 TO 450, REPRESENTING A 10 PER CENT IMPROVEMENT.

THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR A TAXI HAD REDUCED BY 22 PER CENT, FROM 6.7 MINUTES BEFORE THE EXTENSION WAS PUT IN PLACE TO 5.2 MINUTES NOW, HE ADDED.

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