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FURTHER VALUABLE SOURCE OF SUBSIDISED PLACES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. IN HONG KONG, THE TARGET FIGURE FOR FIRST YEAR PLACES IN FIRST DEGREE COURSES BY 1994-95 WAS JUST OVER 6,300 UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD PROCEED WITH THE PLANNING OF A
THIRD UNIVERSITY. THE TARGET FOR PROVISION OF FIRST YEAR DEGREE PLACES BY 1994-95 WAS THUS INCREASED TO OVER 7,500. HONG KONG'S SECOND POLYTECHNIC, THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, PLANNING FOR WHICH STARTED IN 1982, ADMITTED ITS FIRST STUDENTS IN OCTOBER IN TEMPORARY PREMISES, WHILE ITS PERMANENT CAMPUS IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. PLANNING FOR A THIRD UNIVERSITY WILL COMMENCE
SHORTLY.
42. THE YEAR ALSO SAW STEPS TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE YOUNGER
GENERATION BECAME MORE PROFICIENT IN BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES: THE EXPANSION OF FACILITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING,
AS A RESULT OF NEW CENTRES OPENING IN KWAI CHUNG AND KOWLOON BAY:
NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AT SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN NEARING
COMPLETION: AND PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETION OF A SCHEME TO
INCLUDE COMPUTER STUDIES IN FORMS 4 AND 5 CURRICULA FOR ALL AIDED
SECONDARY SCHOOLS FROM SEPTEMBER 1986. AT PRESENT SOME 210
SCHOOLS OR ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL INCLUDE COMPUTER STUDIES
IN THEIR CURRICULA.
(C) MEDICAL SERVICES
43.
AS REGARDS MEDICAL SERVICES, LAND FORMATION WORK FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL STARTED AT CHAI WAN, WHILE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR NEW HOSPITAL AT TUEN MUN, EXTENSION OF THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, EXPANSION OF POK OI HOSPITAL AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM ALL PROGRESSED WELL. IN ADDITION, FUNDS
WERE SET ASIDE TO MEET THE COST OF LARGE-SCALE EXTENSIONS TO SEVERAL HOSPITALS IN THE SUBVENTED SECTOR, INCLUDING HK DOLLARS 680 MILLION FOR A 760-BED EXTENSION TO THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS SIZE, AND HK DOLLARS 224 MILLION TO ALLOW AN INCREASE IN CAPACITY, FROM 150 TO 700 BEDS, AT THE YAN
CHAI HOSPITAL.
(D) DRUG ABUSE
44.
PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AMONG THE YOUNG WAS EXTENSIVELY
PROMOTED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, WITH
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