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first-year, first degree places available to Hong Kong
students will have risen to 8,300 compared with the
present figure of 4,200.
Hong Kong now has five degree awarding
institutions: the Hong Kong and Chinese universities, the
two polytechnics and the Baptist College. In 1986 there
were 16,000 students on degree courses and additional
programmes will be introduced this year. At present,
proposals for new
Polytechnic, City Polytechnic and Baptist College are
assessed by the United Kingdom Council for National
Academic Awards. A Planning Committee on Academic Awards.
has been appointed to make recommendations on the
establishment of a system for validation of courses within
Hong Kong.
degree Courses at the Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Government is also placing high
priority
the on
expansion of technical education and
industrial training to support the continuing development
of the territory's manufacturing and service industries.
Two more technical institutes were opened in 1986: in the
new towns of Shatin and Tuen Mun, raising the number of
full-time and equivalent places in the seven technical
institutes from 9,100 to
13,400. An eighth technical
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