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All seven UGC-funded institutions will be introducing modifications to their fee collection arrangements in the 1996-97 academic year for first year undergraduate students, details of which have been collated by the UGC and are shown in Annex B. In addition, the institutions will consider individual requests for deferring the payment of the first instalment of tuition fee from new students who demonstrate genuine financial difficulties while they await financial assistance from the Government under the Local Student Finance Scheme (LSFS).

Refund to tuition fees to new students who discontinued or did not commence their studies after payment of tuition fees in 1993/94 to 1995/96

Annex A

Institution

Total no, of students who drop out'

Total amount of

tuition fees refunded

Total amount of tuition fees forfeited by student and retained by

institution

CityU

2132

$2,195,993

$0

HKBU

33

$283,625

$163,625

LC

100

$173,175

$692,700

CUHK

44

$24,000

$519,625

PolyU

38

$217,345

$206,630

HKUST

16

$44,500

$157,500

HKU

29*

$0

$622,000

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Not all of these students qualified for refund.

Data available for 1994-95 and 1995-96 only and covers both sub-degree and undergraduate students; 113 of the students were full-time and 100 part-time.

3 HK$1,519,731 were refunded to full-time students and HK$676,262 were

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refunded to part-time students.

Data available for 1995-96 only, no data available in respect of 1993-94 and

1994-95.

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