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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1993

NEW REGISTRAR TO REGULATE OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN HK

THE

GOVERNMENT

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HAS

DECIDED

PRINCIPLE TO

UP IN

NEW

OF OPERATIONS

OVERSEAS TERTIARY

DRAW

LEGISLATION

TO

THE REGULATE INSTITUTIONS (OTIS) IN HONG KONG.

TODAY {WEDNESDAY) THAT THE THE STANDARDS OF THE COURSES KONG WERE RECOGNISED BY THE ACCREDITING AUTHORITIES IN THEIR

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED

TO

THAT ENSURE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE OFFERED BY THESE INSTITUTIONS IN HONG OTIS THEMSELVES AS WELL AS BY THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.

OF

AT LEVELS OVERSEAS,

"THE LEGISLATION WILL ALSO AIM TO ENSURE THAT THE STANDARDS

IN

WOULD BE COURSES

HONG KONG

MAINTAINED DELIVERED COMPARABLE TO THOSE ACHIEVED ON-CAMPUS IN THE INSTITUTIONS THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

OF

THE

PENDING THE ENACTMENT

PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION, THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE WILL BE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER

LOCAL WITH COLLABORATING

TERTIARY

AND INSTITUTIONS GIVEN TO OTIS

IN HONG APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES TO DELIVER OVERSEAS COURSES KONG UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

INSTITUTIONS OR

THESE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE LOCAL TERTIARY APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES MUST CERTIFY THE FOLLOWING:

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*

AND,

WHERE

AND THEIR COURSES ARE THE OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

ACADEMICALLY RECOGNISED

APPROPRIATE, PROFESSIONALLY BY THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS ARE SITUATED;

THE COURSES

OFFERED IN HONG KONG ARE THE STANDARDS OF

OFFERED IN THE MAINTAINED AT LEVELS COMPARABLE TO THOSE

OTIS OT(S' HOME COUNTRIES AND ARE RECOGNISED AS SUCH BY THE

COMMUNITIES IN AND THE ACCREDITING AUTHORITIES OR ACADEMIC THOSE COUNTRIES; AND

NO PUBLIC

FUNDS ALLOCATED

ΤΟ

THE

INSTITUTIONS OR APPROVED POST-SECONDARY FOR THE COLLABORATIVE VENTURES.

LOCAL TERTIARY COLLEGES ARE USED

COURSES MUST AVAILABLE TO THE

IN ADDITION, ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE COLLABORATIVE BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND MADE PUBLIC ON REQUEST.

ALL OTHER OTIS WILL "BEFORE THE NEW LEGISLATION IS ENACTED,

ANY CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT TO THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES

TO 20 OR MORE PERSONS OPERATIONS PROVIDING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG

ANY TIME, TO APPLY DURING ANY ONE DAY, OR EIGHT OR MORE PERSONS AT FOR REGISTRATION AS SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.

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