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EDUCATION

The City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, founded in 1984, has 7 729 full time, 5734 part time and 379 sandwich course students. The four faculties of business, humanities and social sciences, law, and science and technology offer first degree courses, postgraduate diplomas and master's degree courses, as well as MPhil and PhD programmes by research. Diploma and higher diploma courses in commerce, humanities and social sciences, and technology are offered by the College of Higher Vocational Studies.

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was incorporated in 1988 and admitted its first class in October 1991. Three schools - science, engineering, and business and management offer first and advanced degrees. The fourth school, humanities and social science, offers advanced degrees and provides general education to all under- graduates. In October the university had 1 749 full time undergraduate students and 246 full time and 258 part time postgraduate students.

Lingnan College was founded in 1967 to continue the tradition of Lingnan University. The college was upgraded to tertiary status under the aegis of the UPGC in July 1991 and subsequently incorporated under its own ordinance in 1992. It has three faculties arts, business, and social sciences - and a general education division. In October, enrolment was 1495 full time students, of whom 371 were pursuing honours degree studies and 1 124 honours diploma studies. Enrolment is planned to increase to 1 800 by 1994, when the college is expected to be relocated to a new campus in Tuen Mun.

The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong (OLI), established in 1989 as the seventh degree-granting institution, is funded initially by a government subvention, but aims to become self-financing by 1993-4. It provides distance learning courses, under an open-access policy, for adults who want to study for personal development or obtain a further qualification. In April about 15 500 students were actively pursuing studies. Degree programmes are offered in three schools: science and technology, business and administration, and arts and social sciences. In June the OLI established a School of Education to offer degree programmes and professional training courses för serving teachers. A Centre for Continuing and Community Education was also launched, to offer sub-degree and postgraduate studies and short training courses for adults.

Each institution publishes detailed information about admission criteria, courses, staff and other matters in its annual report, calendar and prospectus. Appendix 24 gives additional data about the institutions.

Post-Secondary Colleges

Shue Yan College, registered in 1976 under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance, operates a four-year diploma programme. Its faculties of arts, social science and commerce include 13 departments, which offered day and evening courses to 3 070 students in October 1992. The college receives no public funding, but its students may apply for government grants and loans.

Adult Education

Many formal and informal opportunities are available for adults to study in their spare time, either for personal development or to update knowledge and skills relevant to their work. There are numerous private schools offering language, business and computer courses. The British Council, Alliance Francaise, Goethe Institute and Japanese Consulate all offer language courses.

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