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Student hostels at universities

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Following is a question by the Hon Zachary Wong Wai-yin and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Education and Manpower, Miss Jacqueline Willis, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the provision of student hostels at the universities funded by the University Grants Committee, will the Government inform this Council -

(a)

(b)

of the criteria adopted by the universities in approving students' applications for such accommodation; whether the universities have accorded priority to students on grounds of long travelling distance and inconvenient transport facilities in allocating hostel places; if not, why not; and

whether the Government will request the universities to provide information regarding the number of students residing in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long districts whose applications were rejected by these institutions in the past three years, as well as the reasons for rejection?

Reply:

Mr President,

Among the seven UGC-funded institutions, only the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) currently have student hostel accommodation. Lingnan College (LC) and the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) will, however, also have some student hostel accommodation at their new campuses in Tuen Mun and Tai Po respectively.

In reply to part (a) of the question, the main criteria adopted by the CUHK. HKUST and HKU for allocating hostel places to students are -

(a)

the student's travelling time between home and campus;