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Reply:

Mr President,

(a) A total of 25 140 applicants applied for admission to programmes offered by the seven UGC-funded institutions in 1994-95 through the Joint University Programmes Admission Scheme. 11,867 offers were made of which 11,716 were accepted. A further 689 places were filled subsequently in clearing rounds. A breakdown of the number of JUPAS offers, acceptances and intakes of first year first degree (FYFD) courses by each of the seven UGC-funded institutions in 1994-95 are attached at Annexes A and B respectively. The intake figures in Annex B represent the total enrolments including places retained by the institutions to offer to non JUPAS applicants e.g. mature applicants and those applying for admission on the strength of qualifications other than results in HK Advanced Level Examinations.

As regards the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), the Institute received a total of 9,808 applications for its full-time Certificate in Education (CE) courses in 1994-95. 1,796 offers were subsequently made and the enrolment figure as at October 1995 was 1,170.

(b) All 1,170 students admitted to the HKIEd's CE courses have obtained a pass in Chinese Language in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE). 1,129 (96.5%) of them have obtained Grade E or above in the HKCEE English Language (Syllabus B) and the remaining 41 (3.5%) have possessed Grade E or above in the HKCEE English Language (Syllabus A). Of the 1,170 students registered at the beginning of the 1994-95 academic year, 1,153 (98.5%) met the entry requirements on the basis of one examination sitting, 12 on the basis of two sittings, and 5 on the basis of other equivalent qualifications.

(c) The total number of first year first degree (FYFD) intakes in 1994-95 who did not meet the requisite requirements set by the relevant programmes/Departments in the UGC-funded institutions concerned regarding the Advanced Supplementary (AS) Use of English subject was 58. The corresponding figure for the AS Chinese Language and Culture subject was 25. A breakdown of the figures by institutions is attached at Annex C. As regards the HKIEd, none of the students admitted to the HKIEd courses have results in English Language and Chinese Language in the HKCEE that are below the minimum entry requirements of the Institute.