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(c) To the extent that part of the Hong Kong dollar banknotes circulating in China is likely to be associated with Hong Kong's business dealings with China and if the circulation actually facilitates such business dealings, its effect on the Hong Kong economy should tend to be positive. Since Hong Kong dollar circulating in China would by definition be circulating outside Hong Kong, such circulation should not have any appreciable effect on the inflation rate in Hong Kong. In any case, the amount only represents well under 5% of the Hong Kong dollar broad money supply.

End/Wednesday, November 15, 1995

Student intake of local tertiary institutions

Following is a question by the Hon Cheung Bing-leung and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the student intake of local tertiary institutions in 1994/95, will the Government provide this Council with the following information :

(a) the breakdown of intake figures by number of students who have applied, number of students who have been admitted, and number of students who have enrolled, in each of the seven tertiary institutions funded by the University Grants Committee and the Hong Kong Institute of Education;

(b) of the students admitted to the Hong Kong Institute of Education, what is the percentage of those who have obtained a pass in both English Language and Chinese Language in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), and how many have satisfied the Institute's minimum entrance requirement with HKCEE results obtained from more than one attempt; and

(c) the number of students admitted to each of the above-mentioned tertiary institutions whose results in English Language and Chinese Language in the HKCEE or Use of Language in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination are below the minimum entrance requirement of the institution concerned?