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Overseas Education

Question No. 10

Written reply by the Hon R G B 3ridge, OBE, JR.

Secretary for Education and Manpower

to a Question from Dr the Hen Richard Lai, in the Legislative Council on 13, 1.88

10. Mr. LAI

asked:

Question: Will Government

inform this Council of the

broken down by level of education, of

number,

students studying overseas; how many of them

began their overseas. education last year; and

measures the Government has taken to

what

sa fe guard the interest of students against

mis information provided by overseas schools?

Answer:

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:

According to available

statistics, a total of

36,320 Hong Kong students were studying in the four major

English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom, the USA, 6287. The Canada and Australia in the academic year 1986/87.

numbers studying in the United Kingdom were 11,299, the

USA 9,717, Ca na da 12,974 and Australia 2,330. The

Government has no detailed breakdown by level of education

for these students. Nor does the Government have figures

for students studying in other countries, but the numbers

are believed to be comparatively small.

A total of 10,716 student visas were issued in

Lowv

1986987 1986/87 to students going to

to these countries; 4, 254 for

the United Kingdom, 2,245 for the USA, 3,405 for Canada

and 812 for Australia.