Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16
Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education Session No. : 13
File name: EDB-2S-e1.docx
Reply Serial No.
Question
Serial No. Name of Member Head Programme SV-EDB01 SV016 CHEUNG Kwok-che 156 Secondary Education SV-EDB02 SV017 KWOK Dennis 156 Primary Education
Secondary Education S-EDB03 S0078 CHAN Yuen-han 156 Secondary Education S-EDB04 S0079 CHAN Yuen-han 156 Vocational Education S-EDB05 S0081 MA Fung-kwok 156 Policy and Support S-EDB06 S0082 TANG Ka-piu 156 Primary Education
Other Educational Services and Subsidies
S-EDB07 S0068 WONG Kwok-hing 156 Vocational Education S-EDB08 S0069 WONG Kwok-hing 156 Primary Education
WFSFAA
S-EDB09 S0080 IP Kin-yuen 173 Student Assistance Scheme
UGC
S-EDB10 S0073 LEUNG Kenneth 190 University Grants Committee
S-EDB11 S0074 LEUNG Kenneth 190 University Grants Committee
S-EDB12 S0075 LEUNG Kenneth 190 University Grants Committee
S-EDB13 S0076 LEUNG Kenneth 190 University Grants Committee
S-EDB14 S0077 LEUNG Kenneth 190 University Grants Committee
Session 13 EDB - page 1 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. SV016 )
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (3) Secondary Education
Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
Pursuant to reply no. EDB018, the Administration is requested to provide information on the Education Bureau's position on Career and Life Planning, how public sector schools and Direct Subsidy Scheme schools would use the recurrent cash grant on implementing career and life planning, and how the Administration would monitor these schools to use the Career and Life Planning Grant.
Asked by: Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che Reply:
Career and life planning education plays a significant role at school in fostering students’ self-understanding, personal planning, goal setting, reflective thinking and articulation to progression pathways. Effective life planning education and career guidance should be integrated with the school’s curriculum, through which students are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitude to make wise choices in accordance with their interests, abilities and orientations as well as connecting their career/academic aspirations with whole-person development and life-long learning. The ultimate goal is to see all students, irrespective of their abilities, orientations and levels of studies being able to understand their own career and academic aspirations;
develop positive attitudes towards work and learning; connect/integrate aspirations with whole-person development and life-long learning, and utilise the acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes whenever necessary. EDB has provided schools with some suggested items for evaluating the work plan on life planning education and career guidance. Details are set out in Appendix 1 of Education Bureau Circular No.
6/2014. Schools may include life planning education as one of the major concerns in the School
Development Plan, and monitor and evaluate its implementation (including the use of the Grant) through the cyclic process of “Planning-Implementation-Evaluation”.
The prime aim of providing the Career and Life Planning (CLP) Grant is to enhance the capacity of the teaching team involved in providing support in career guidance service and life planning education for students. Depending on their own needs and strategic planning, majority of the schools have deployed CLP Grant in enhancing the capacity of the responsible team to take forward life planning education through employment of additional teachers, clerical and other professional staff, such as social worker, procurement of services, etc., and in most cases, a combination of these support measures for their intended objectives.
To ensure proper use of CLP Grant, schools are required to keep a separate ledger account for the Grant to record all the income and expenditure chargeable to the Grant. Schools should also prepare and submit annual audited accounts to EDB in accordance with the prescribed format and timeline to ensure the Grant is deployed for the intended purposes.
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Session 13 EDB - page 2 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No.SV017)
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (2) Primary Education, (3) Secondary Education Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
Pursuant to reply nos. EDB107 and EDB108, the Administration is requested to provide information on the package of measures and the resources provided to mainstream schools to support the needs of students with special education needs.
Asked by: Hon KWOK Dennis Reply:
To support schools to cater for their students with special educational needs (SEN), the Education Bureau (EDB) has been providing public sector schools with additional resources on top of the regular subvention for all mainstream schools, professional support and teacher training. The additional resources include Learning Support Grant, Enhanced Speech Therapy Grant, additional teachers and funding under the Integrated Education Programme and Intensive Remedial Teaching Programme, additional teachers to cater for low academic achievers, etc. Schools should pool school resources and deploy them holistically and flexibly to render appropriate support services to students with SEN based on their needs, including
employing additional teachers, teaching assistants or hiring professional services (such as speech therapy and other specialist services). In the 2014/15 school year, there are a total of 36 190 students with SEN
studying in public sector mainstream schools who can benefit from the related services.
EDB provides schools with professional support on an ongoing basis through assessment and consultation services of educational psychologists, speech therapists and audiologists. Besides, the professional staff of EDB pays regular visits to schools to render professional advice on their support policies and measures, teaching strategies and resource deployment, etc. We are expanding the School-based Educational Psychology Service with the target of covering all public sector primary and secondary schools in the 2016/17 school year. We have also been developing teaching resources for use of teachers and parents to cater for students with SEN. Moreover, EDB has invited schools with rich experience and good practices in integrated education (IE) to serve as Special Schools cum Resource Centres (SSRCs) and Resource Schools on Whole School Approach. They conduct professional exchanges with other mainstream schools on effective strategies in implementing IE and provide school-based support for them. SSRCs also provide short-term attachment programmes to assist mainstream schools in supporting intellectually disabled students with severe adjustment difficulties.
In terms of teacher training, EDB launched a teacher professional development framework in the 2007/08 school year to enhance teachers’ capacity in supporting students with SEN, under which structured teacher training pitched at basic, advanced and thematic levels (BAT Courses) are arranged. Apart from the BAT Courses, EDB also provides teachers and other school personnel such as school heads and teaching assistants with different theme-based training activities, including seminars, workshops and sharing sessions to equip school staff at different levels with relevant knowledge and skills to cater for the students with SEN.
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Session 13 EDB - page 3 The estimated additional expenditure on support and services provided for public sector primary and secondary mainstream schools in catering for students with SEN in the 2014/15 school year is $1,237 million.
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Session 13 EDB - page 4 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0078 )
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (3) Secondary Education
Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
According to Reply Serial No. EDB014, will the Government provide further information on:
(a) In the 2015/16 school year, what is the estimated number of training places for teacher provided to strengthen the teachers’ capability in implementing life planning and career guidance services; and (b) Except providing each public sector school operating classes at senior secondary levels with a grant which is benchmarked to the mid-point salary of the Graduate Master pay scale, will the Bureau also provide these schools with non-teaching staff, e.g. providing additional assisting staff such as teaching assistants, clerical assistants, etc., to help teachers implement life planning education? If yes, what are the details? If no, what are the reasons?
Asked by: Hon CHAN Yuen-han Reply:
(a) Other than the provision of Career and Life Planning (CLP) Grant, the Education Bureau (EDB) has taken forward a series of measures to strengthen professional support for schools and teachers in
implementing life planning education. Among these support measures, the number of structured teacher training places on life planning has been increased from 80 to 240 starting from the 2014/15 school year.
To support collective professional development, four Professional Development Schools (PDSs) have been identified to provide a platform for sharing of effective practices and professional interflow among school personnel. Since September 2014, a number of district-based networking activities have been organised for schools in Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong East, North and Tai Po districts. A teacher network has also been established since January 2015 to facilitate career teachers to share experience in designing practical learning and teaching materials.
(b) The prime aim of providing CLP Grant to schools is to enhance the capacity of the teaching team involved in providing support in career guidance service and life planning education for students.
Depending on their own needs and strategic planning, majority of schools have deployed CLP Grant in enhancing the capacity of the responsible team through employment of additional teachers, clerical and other professional staff, such as social worker, procurement of services, etc., and in most cases, a combination of these support measures for their intended objectives. Where circumstances allow, schools may then use the remainder of the Grant to enrich relevant school-based services for students to meet the specific needs of the students.
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Session 13 EDB - page 5 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0079)
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (6) Vocational Education
Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
According to Reply Serial No. EDB015, about 6 400 and 10 000 students had completed the industrial attachments in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years. What was the distribution of the disciplines and industries involved? Based on what criteria does the Administration set the number of attachment places for each discipline?
Asked by: Hon CHAN Yuen-han Reply:
With the Government’s one-off funding support of $43 million in 2012-13, the Vocational Training Council (VTC) had launched a two-year pilot programme to support industrial attachments for student intakes in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years. About 6 400 and 10 000 students had completed the industrial attachments in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years respectively. The percentage distribution of industrial attachment places in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years by discipline is given below:
Discipline 2012/13 2013/14
Applied Science 12% 10%
Business 31% 20%
Child Education & Community Services 9% 6%
Design 10% 16%
Engineering 10% 23%
Hospitality 18% 17%
Information Technology 10% 8%
Total 100% 100%
Given the encouraging results, recurrent funding has been allocated to VTC starting from the 2014/15 academic year to provide industrial attachment opportunities for students mainly studying subvented Higher Diploma programmes and certain Diploma in Vocational Education programmes. About 9 000 students in VTC will benefit every year.
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Reply Serial No.
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Session 13 EDB - page 6 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0081)
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (7) Policy and Support
Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
Follow-up on Reply Serial No. EDB 160. The Administration only stated that the Education Bureau (EDB) did not have readily available information concerned. In this connection, would the Administration clarify whether no consolidated information is available, or whether the post-secondary institutions are not required to provide information on their programmes, including the intakes and tuition fees etc., to the
EDB/University Grants Committee? In the former case, would the Administration provide the following information: a. the numbers of self-financing taught master degree programmes, by institution, in the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 academic years; b. the tuition fees of self-financing taught master degree programmes, by institution and programme, in the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 academic years; and the total numbers of students of self-financing taught master degree programmes and their ratios of local to mainland students, by institution and programme, in the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 academic years. In the latter case, what are the justifications for not requiring the institutions to provide such basic information?
Are there plans to require the institutions to provide the above information for gate-keeping and monitoring in order to ensure the quality of the programmes?
Asked by: Hon MA Fung-kwok Reply:
A variety of local and non-local self-financing taught master’s degree programmes are provided by different post-secondary institutions in Hong Kong on a full-time or part-time basis, including the University Grants Committee-funded (UGC) institutions and their community colleges, statutory institutions such as the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Open University of Hong Kong, and institutions registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap. 320) as well as non-local operators with programmes registered under the Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance (Cap. 493).
The Education Bureau has not collected relevant information (including tuition fees, student enrolment and ratios of local to mainland students) of all the aforementioned self-financing taught master’s degree
programmes, as these programmes are under different regulatory regimes and are subject to different requirements.
Some of the aforementioned self-financing taught master’s degree programmes have gone through the relevant quality assurance (QA) mechanism and become locally-accredited programmes. All locally-accredited programmes provided in Hong Kong have been registered under the Hong Kong Qualifications Register (QR) (www.hkqr.gov.hk). The list of locally-accredited self-financing taught master’s degree programmes obtained from QR is at Annex.
Regarding the QA of locally-accredited post-secondary local or non-local programmes at degree level, the
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Session 13 EDB - page 7 responsible for the QA of all operators and programmes except the UGC-funded institutions with
self-accrediting status. The Quality Assurance Council, under the aegis of the UGC, conducts quality audits of the UGC-funded institutions and programmes offered at undergraduate level and above, however funded.
The quality of the locally-accredited self-financing taught master’s degree programmes is assured.
Session 13 EDB - page 8 List of Locally-accredited Self-financing Master’s Degree Programmes
on the Qualifications Register (As of 8 April 2015)
Institution Programme Title Delivery Mode
Graduate School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Master of Arts in Anthropology FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature PT Master of Arts in Cultural Management FT, PT Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Visual Culture Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in English (Applied English
Linguistics) FT, PT
Master of Arts in Fine Arts PT
Master of Arts in Comparative and Public History FT, PT
Master of Arts in Linguistics FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Linguistics and Language
Acquisition FT, PT
Master of Arts in Music FT, PT
Master of Arts in Philosophy PT
Master of Arts in Religious Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Christian Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Theological Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Computer-aided Translation FT, PT
Master of Arts in Translation FT, PT
Master of Accountancy FT, PT
Master of Science in Finance FT, PT
Master of Science in Marketing FT, PT
Master of Science in Information and Technology
Management FT, PT
Master of Education FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Language Education PT Master of Arts in Curriculum Development and
Teaching of Liberal Studies PT
Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education FT, PT Master of Arts in English Language Teaching PT
Master of Arts in Parent Education PT
Master of Arts in Putonghua Education PT Master of Arts in School Guidance and Counselling PT Master of Arts in School Improvement and
Leadership PT
Master of Arts in Sports Studies PT
Master of Arts in Student Activities in Education PT
Master of Arts in Values Education PT
Master of Science in Exercise Science FT, PT Master of Science in Mathematics Education PT Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Computer Science FT, PT Master of Science in Electronic Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Information Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Mechanical and Automation
Engineering FT, PT
Master of Science in E-Commerce and Logistics
Technologies FT, PT
Master of Science in Systems Engineering and
Engineering Management FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 9 Master of Laws in Chinese Business Law FT, PT
Master of Laws in Common Law FT, PT
Master of Laws in International Economic Law FT, PT Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences PT Master of Science in Endocrinology, Diabetes and
Metabolism PT
Master of Science in Cardiology PT
Master of Science in Stroke and Clinical
Neurosciences PT
Master of Nursing PT
Master of Science in Sports Medicine and Health
Science FT, PT
Master of Science in Musculoskeletal Medicine and
Rehabilitation FT, PT
Master of Clinical Pharmacy PT
Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics FT, PT Master of Science in Clinical Gerontology PT Master of Science in Prehospital and Emergency
Care FT, PT
Master of Science in Biochemical and Biomedical
Sciences FT, PT
Master of Chinese Medicine FT
Master of Science in Chinese Medicine FT, PT Master of Science in Chinese Medicines and Herbal
Drugs PT
Master of Science in Acupuncture FT, PT
Master of Science in Nutrition, Food Science and
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Mathematics FT, PT
Master of Science in Physics FT, PT
Master of Science in Risk Management Science PT Master of Science in Data Science and Business
Statistics PT
Master of Science in Sustainable and Environmental
Design FT, PT
Master of Arts in Global Communication FT
Master of Arts in Journalism FT, PT
Master of Science in New Media FT, PT
Master of Social Science in Advertising FT, PT Master of Social Science in Corporate
Communication FT, PT
Master of Science in GeoInformation Science FT, PT Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism FT, PT Master of Social Science in Global Political
Economy FT, PT
Master of Social Work FT, PT
Master of Arts in Family Counselling and Family
Education PT
Master of Arts in Social Service Management FT, PT
Master of Arts in Social Policy FT
Master of Social Science in Social Work FT, PT
Master of Arts in Sociology FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Studies FT
Master of Arts in Gender Studies FT, PT
Master of Social Science in General Education FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 10 Master of Science in Earth System Science FT, PT
Master of Divinity FT
Master of Nursing Science (Pre-registration) FT
Master of Public Health FT, PT
Master of Arts in English (Literary Studies) FT, PT
Master of Science in Mental Health PT
Master of Science in Advanced Emergency Nursing
Practice PT
Master of Science in Advanced Environmental
Planning Technologies FT, PT
Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as an
International Language PT
Master of Science in Gastroenterology FT, PT Master of Science in Health Services Management PT Master of Social Science in Public Policy FT, PT Master of Science in Genomics and Bioinformatics FT, PT Master of Arts in Japanese Studies FT, PT Executive Master of Business Administration
(Chinese) PT
Master of Science in Business Analytics FT Master of Science in Diagnostic Ultrasonography PT Master of Science in Research Medicine FT Master of Science in Medical Genetics PT
Master of Science in Obstetric Care PT
Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
and Quality PT
Master of Science in Neurological Sciences FT, PT Master of Science in Accreditation Chemistry FT, PT Master of Arts in Global Cities and Contemporary
Culture FT, PT
Master of Science in Architectural Conservation and
Design FT, PT
Master of Science in Urban Design FT, PT
Master of Science in Economics FT, PT
Master of Social Science in Government and Politics
(Greater China) FT, PT
Master of Arts in Psychology FT, PT
Master of Science in National Geo-survey and Public
Policy FT, PT
Master of Science in Perioperative Care of Minimal
Access Surgery PT
Master of Science in Hospitality and Real Estate
Management FT
Master of Science in Nutrition, Food Science and
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Geriatric Orthopaedics FT, PT Master of Science in Health Promotion and
Behavioural Health FT, PT
Master of Science in Management of Real Estate and
Hospitality Assets FT
City University of Hong Kong Master of Business Administration (Executive) PT
Master of Business Administration FT, PT
Master of Science in Applied Economics FT
Master of Science in Finance FT, PT
Master of Science in Financial Engineering FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 11 Master of Science in Business Information Systems FT, PT Master of Science in Electronic Business and
Knowledge Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Information Systems
Management FT, PT
Master of Arts in Global Business Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Marketing FT, PT
Master of Arts in Quantitative Analysis for Business FT, PT Master of Social Sciences in Development Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Communication and New Media FT, PT Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing
Communication FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese (Chinese Language and Literature/Chinese for Educational Purposes/Chinese for Professional Purposes)
FT, PT Master of Arts in Chinese (Chinese Language and
Literature/Chinese for Educational Purposes/Chinese for Professional Purposes)
FT, PT Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and
Law/Linguistics/Translation and Interpretation/Translation with Language Information
Technology)
FT, PT Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and
Law/Linguistics/Translation and Interpretation/Translation with Language Information
Technology)
FT, PT
Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and
Law/Linguistics/Translation and Interpretation/Translation with Language Information
Technology)
FT, PT Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and
Law/Linguistics/Translation and Interpretation/Translation with Language Information
Technology)
FT, PT
Master of Arts in Housing Studies FT, PT
Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management FT, PT Master of Social Sciences in Applied Psychology FT, PT Master of Social Sciences in Applied Sociology FT, PT Master of Social Sciences in Counselling FT, PT Master of Social Sciences in Psychology of
Education PT
Master of Science in Materials Engineering and
Nanotechnology FT, PT
Master of Science in Construction Management (Construction Project Management/Real Estate Project Management)
FT, PT Master of Science in Construction Management
(Construction Project Management/Real Estate Project Management)
FT, PT Master of Science in Environmental Science and
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Environmental Science and
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Computer Science FT, PT Master of Science in Electronic Commerce FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 12 Master of Science in Electronic and Information
Engineering FT, PT
Master of Science in Electronic and Information
Engineering FT, PT
Master of Science in Multimedia Information
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Multimedia Information
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Mathematics for Finance and
Actuarial Science FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering Management FT, PT
Master of Arts in Media Cultures FT, PT
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Media FT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute
Resolution FT, PT
Master of Science in Professional Accounting and
Corporate Governance FT, PT
Master of Arts in International Accounting FT, PT Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing PT Master of Science in Energy and Environment FT, PT Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and
Law/Linguistics/Translation and Interpretation/Translation with Language Information
Technology)
FT, PT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese (Chinese Language and Literature/Chinese for Educational Purposes/Chinese for Professional Purposes)
FT, PT
Master of Arts in English Studies FT, PT
Master of Arts in English Studies FT, PT
Master of Arts in English Studies FT, PT
Master of Science in Financial Services FT, PT
Master of Arts in English Studies FT, PT
Master of Science in Civil and Architectural Engineering (Building Construction Cost Management/Civil Engineering/Urban Design and Regional Planning/Building Services)
FT, PT
Master of Science in Advanced Technology and
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Mathematics for Finance and
Actuarial Science FT, PT
Master of Science in Operations and Supply Chain
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Electronic and Information
Engineering FT
Master of Science in Multimedia Information
Technology FT
Master of Science in Advanced Technology and
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Civil and Architectural
Engineering (Building Construction Cost FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 13 Management/Civil Engineering/Urban Design and
Regional Planning/Building Services)
Master of Science in Civil and Architectural Engineering (Building Construction Cost Management/Civil Engineering/Urban Design and Regional Planning/Building Services)
FT, PT Master of Science in Civil and Architectural
Engineering (Building Construction Cost Management/Civil Engineering/Urban Design and Regional Planning/Building Services)
FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering Management FT, PT Master of Science in Engineering Management FT, PT
Master of Social Work FT, PT
Executive Master of Business Administration PT
Master of Arts in China Studies FT, PT
Master of Arts in International Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Modern Asian Studies FT, PT Master of Science in Organizational Management FT Master of Science in Organizational Management FT, PT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Urban Design and Regional Planning FT, PT The Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts
Master of Fine Arts in Dance programme FT, PT Master of Fine Arts in Drama Programme FT, PT Master of Fine Arts in Theatre and Entertainment
Arts FT, PT
Master of Music programme FT
Master of Fine Arts in Cinema Production
Programme FT, PT
Hong Kong Baptist University Master of Business Administration FT, PT Master of Science in Applied Accounting and
Finance FT, PT
Master of Science in Corporate Governance and
Directorship FT, PT
Master of Science in Strategic Human Resources
Management PT
Master of Chinese Medicine FT, PT
Master of Public Administration PT
Master of Social Sciences (Contemporary China
Studies) FT, PT
Master of Education PT
Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry FT, PT Master of Science in Environmental and Public
Health Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Information Technology
Management FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences in European Studies
(Sino-European Relations) PT
Master of Social Sciences in Sport & Leisure
Management FT, PT
Master of Social Work PT
Master of Arts in Communication FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences in Media Management FT, PT Master of Arts in Chinese Literature, Language &
Culture FT, PT
Master of Arts in Language Studies FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 14 Master of Social Sciences in Youth Counselling PT
Master of Arts in Music FT, PT
Master of Science in Operational Research and
Business Statistics FT, PT
Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Chinese
Medicine FT, PT
Master of Science in Applied Economics FT Master of Human Resources Management PT Master of Social Sciences in Teaching and Learning PT Master of Science in Green Technology (Energy) FT, PT Master of Arts in Translation and Bilingual
Communication FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences in Social Work PT Master of Science in Personal Health Management
(Chinese Medicine) PT
Master of Science in Mathematical Finance FT Master of Arts in International Journalism Studies FT, PT
Master of Visual Arts PT
Master of Science in Advanced Information Systems FT, PT
Master of Accountancy FT, PT
Master of Science in Business Management FT, PT Master of Arts in Literary and Comparative Studies FT, PT Master of Science in Global Marketing Management FT Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital
Media FT
Master of Science in Food Analysis and Food Safety
Management FT, PT
Master of Arts in Producing for Film, Television and
New Media FT, PT
Master of Arts in Ethics and Public Affairs PT The Hong Kong Institute of
Education
Master of Education Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Studies (Language
Education) Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as an
International Language Programme FT
International Executive Master of Arts in Educational
Leadership and Change Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Music Education Programme FT, PT Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics and
Communication Sciences Programme FT, PT
Master of Social Science Education (Greater China
Studies) Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Mathematics and Pedagogy
Programme PT
Master of Arts (Contemporary Studio Art and
Criticism in Education) Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Educational Counselling
Programme PT
Master of Science in Educational Speech-Language
Pathology and Learning Disabilities Programme FT Master of Public Policy and Governance FT, PT Executive Master of Arts in Arts Management and
Entrepreneurship PT
Session 13 EDB - page 15 Master of Arts in Religion in Education Programme PT Master of Arts in Education for Sustainability
Programme FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences in Psychology (Schools
and Community Settings) Programme FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences in Community Education
for Environmental Management FT, PT
Executive Master of Arts in International Educational
Leadership and Change Programme FT, PT
Master of Arts in Learning and Data Sciences FT Master of Arts in Mathematics and Pedagogy
Programme FT
Master of Arts in Child and Family Education FT, PT
Master of Teaching FT, PT
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology FT, PT Master of Social Sciences (Transformation of
Chinese Societies) FT, PT
Master of Science in Marketing and Consumer
Psychology PT
Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies FT, PT Master of Mediation and Conflict Resolution FT, PT Master of Social Sciences in Psychology PT The University of Hong Kong Master of Science in Engineering (Electrical &
Electronic Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute
Resolution FT, PT
Master of Landscape Architecture FT
Master of Housing Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Conservation FT, PT
Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Design and
Management PT
Master of Urban Design FT
Master of Arts (Chinese Historical Studies) PT Master of Arts (Chinese Language and Literature) PT
Master of Arts (English Studies) PT
Master of Arts (Linguistics) FT, PT
Master of Arts (Literary and Cultural Studies) FT, PT Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics FT, PT Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in English PT Master of Business Administration (International) PT
Master of Economics FT, PT
Master of Finance FT, PT
Master of Dental Surgery in Implant Dentistry FT Master of Dental Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery FT
Master of Science in Dental Materials Science FT Master of Science in Implant Dentistry PT
Master of Education FT, PT
Master of Science in Information Technology in
Education FT, PT
Master of Science in Library and Information
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Computer Science FT, PT Master of Science in Computer Science FT, PT Master of Science in Electronic Commerce and FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 16 Internet Computing
Master of Science in Electronic Commerce and
Internet Computing FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Building Services
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Environmental
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Geotechnical
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Industrial
Engineering and Logistics Management) FT, PT Master of Science in Engineering (Infrastructure
Project Management) FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Mechanical
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Structural
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Science in Engineering (Transportation
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Common Law FT
Master of Laws FT, PT
Master of Laws in Chinese Law FT, PT
Master of Laws in Corporate and Financial Law FT, PT Master of Laws in Information Technology and
Intellectual Property Law FT, PT
Master of Chinese Medicine PT
Master of Chinese Medicine in Acupuncture and
Moxibustion PT
Master of Medical Sciences FT, PT
Master of Nursing PT
Master of Public Health FT, PT
Master of Science in Chinese Medicines PT Master of Science (Applied Geosciences) FT, PT Master of Science (Food Industry: Management and
Marketing) PT
Master of Science (Materials Science) PT Master of Science in Environmental Management FT, PT
Master of Statistics FT, PT
Master of Arts in China Development Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning FT, PT
Master of Buddhist Studies FT, PT
Master of International and Public Affairs FT, PT
Master of Journalism FT, PT
Master of Public Administration FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences - Marriage and Family
Therapy PT
Master of Social Sciences - Behavioral Health FT, PT Master of Social Sciences - Corporate Environmental
Governance FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences - Counselling PT Master of Social Sciences - Criminology PT Master of Social Sciences - Gerontology FT, PT Master of Social Sciences - Mental Health PT Master of Social Sciences - Social Service
Management PT
Session 13 EDB - page 17 Master of Social Sciences - Social Work PT
Master of Social Work FT, PT
Master of Science in Construction Project
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Real Estate FT, PT
Master of Business Administration FT, PT
Master of Science in General Dentistry FT Master of Science (Food Safety and Toxicology) FT, PT Master of Science in Community Dentistry FT Master of Dental Surgery in Orthodontics and
Dentofacial Orthopaedics FT
Master of Science in Engineering (Energy
Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Psychological Medicine (Psychosis
Studies) PT
Master of Business Administration (Executive
stream) - EMBA-Global Asia PT
Master of Clinical Pharmacy PT
Master of Expressive Arts Therapy FT, PT
Master of Social Sciences - Media, Culture and
Creative Cities PT
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (Non-local programme provider - University of London)
Master of Business Administration in International
Management PT
Master of Science in International Management PT Master of Business Administration in International
Management (Completion of prescribed modules) PT The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
Master of Science in Biotechnology FT, PT Master of Science in Civil Infrastructural
Engineering and Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Electronic Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Engineering Enterprise
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in IC Design Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Information Technology FT, PT Master of Science in Intelligent Building Technology
and Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Telecommunications FT, PT HKUST Executive Master of Business
Administration PT
Master of Business Administration FT, PT
Master of Science in Economics FT
Master of Science in Financial Analysis PT Master of Science in Information Systems
Management PT
Master of Science in Investment Management FT, PT
Master of Arts in China Studies FT, PT
Master of Arts in Humanities FT, PT
Master of Arts in Social Science FT, PT
Master of Science in Environmental Science and
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in Computer Science and
Engineering FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 18 Master of Science in Global Management FT, PT Master of Science in Financial Mathematics FT, PT Master of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular
Enginnering FT, PT
Master of Science in Environmental Health and
Safety FT, PT
Master of Science in Global Operations FT Master of Science in International Management FT Master of Science in Global China Studies FT, PT
Master of Science in Global Finance PT
Master of Science in Accounting FT
Master of Arts in International Language Education FT
Lingnan University Master of Arts in Chinese PT
Master of Cultural Studies FT, PT
Master of Arts in Practical Philosophy FT, PT Master of Science in International Banking and
Finance FT
Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy/Master of
Accountancy FT, PT
Master of Science in Human Resource Management
and Organisational Behaviour FT
Master of Science in Marketing and International
Business FT
The Open University of Hong Kong
Master of Arts in Applied Translation PT Master of Social Sciences in Liberal Studies PT
Master of Business Administration DL
Master of Business Administration (in Chinese) DL
Master of Corporate Governance DL
Master of Electronic Commerce DL
Master of Human Resource Management DL
Master of Professional Accounting DL
Master of Education DL
Master of Education in Chinese Language Education DL Master of Education in English Language Education DL Master of Education in Liberal Studies Education DL Master of Science in Information Technology with
Internet Applications DL
Master of Financial Services DL
Master of Science in Safety, Occupational Health and
Environmental Management PT
Master of Arts in Applied Translation (Full-time) FT Master of Arts in Legal Translation (Full-time) FT Master of Laws in Chinese Business Law EL Master of Business Administration (Full-time) FT
Master of Arts in Legal Translation PT
Master of Laws in Chinese Business Law (in
Chinese) EL
Master of Education in Drama and Language
Education DL
Master of Engineering in Engineering Management PT Master of Engineering in Energy and Environmental
Technology Management PT
Master of Science in Energy and Environmental
Sustainability PT
Master of Financial Services (Full-time) FT
Session 13 EDB - page 19 Master of Social Sciences in Global and Public
Governance PT
Master of Business in Research Methods DL Master of Science in Testing and Certification PT Master of Language Studies (Chinese Linguistics) DL Master of Arts in Applied English Linguistics PT Master of Arts in Cultural and Heritage Tourism
(English Version) PT
Master of Arts in Cultural and Heritage Tourism
(Chinese Version) PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Literature PT Master of Business Administration (in Chinese)
(Full-time) FT
Master of Social Sciences in Industrial-Organizational Psychology PT Master of Science in Quantitative Analysis and
Computational Mathematics PT
Master of Professional Accountancy (Chinese) EL The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
Master of Science in Applied Mathematics for Science and Technology (Actuarial and Investment Science)
FT Master of Science in Applied Mathematics for
Science and Technology (Decision Science) PT Master of Arts in Fashion and Textiles (Fashion
Merchandising) FT, PT
Master of Arts in Fashion and Textiles (Global
Fashion Management) FT, PT
Master of Arts in Fashion and Textile Design FT
Master of Corporate Governance PT
Master of Science in China Business Studies FT Master of Science in Management (Human Resource
Management) FT, PT
Master of Science in Management (Public Sector
Management) FT, PT
Master of Science in Accountancy FT, PT
Master of Science in Management (Operations
Management) PT
Master of Science in Quality Management PT
Master of Professional Accounting FT, PT
Master of Science in Marketing Management FT, PT Master of Science in International Shipping and
Transport Logistics FT, PT
Master of Science in Global Supply Chain
Management PT
Master of Corporate Finance PT
Master of Finance (Investment Management) FT, PT Master of Finance (Wealth Management) PT Master of Science in Construction Law and Dispute
Resolution FT, PT
Master of Science in Construction and Real Estate FT, PT Master of Science in Project Management FT, PT Master of Engineering in Building Services
Engineering FT
Master of Science in Building Services Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Facility Management FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 20 Master of Science in Fire and Safety Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Civil Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Environmental Management
and Engineering FT, PT
Master of Science in Geomatics (Geographic
Information Systems) FT, PT
Master of Science in Geomatics (Surveying) FT, PT Master of Arts in Chinese Linguistics FT, PT Master of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature FT, PT Master of Arts in Japanese Studies for the
Professions FT, PT
Master of Arts in Translating and Interpreting (with a
specialism in Interpreting) FT, PT
Master of Arts in Translating and Interpreting FT, PT Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language FT, PT
Master of Arts in English for the Professions FT, PT Master of Arts in English Language Studies FT, PT Master of Arts in English Language Teaching FT, PT Master of Arts in English Language Arts FT, PT Master of Science in Integrated Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in E-Commerce EL, FT, PT Master of Science in Information Systems EL, FT, PT Master of Science in Information Technology FT, PT Master of Science in Software Technology EL, FT, PT Master of Science in Electrical Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
(Electrical Power Systems) FT, PT
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Power
Electronics and Drives) FT, PT
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Railway
Systems) FT, PT
Master of Science in Electronic and Information
Engineering FT, PT
Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering (Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications)
FT, PT Master of Science in Technology Management FT, PT Master of Science in Industrial Logistics Systems FT, PT Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering FT, PT Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(Product Development and Analysis) FT, PT Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(Air/Noise Pollution Management) FT, PT
Master of Science in Automotive Engineering Design FT, PT Master of Science in Health Informatics FT, PT Master of Arts in Social Work (Family-centred
Practice and Family Therapy) FT, PT
Master of Arts in Guidance and Counselling FT, PT Master of Arts in Social Work (Mental Health) FT, PT
Master of Social Work FT, PT
Master of Arts in Social Policy and Social
Development FT, PT
Master of Science in Health Technology FT, PT Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering FT, PT
Session 13 EDB - page 21 Master of Science in Medical Imaging and Radiation
Science FT, PT
Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Science FT, PT Master of Science in Manipulative Physiotherapy FT, PT Master of Science in Occupational Therapy FT, PT Master of Science in Neurological Physiotherapy FT, PT Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences FT, PT Master of Science in Sports Physiotherapy FT, PT
Master of Nursing FT
Master of Design (Design Education) FT, PT Master of Design (Design Practices) FT, PT Master of Design (Design Strategies) FT, PT Master of Design (Interaction Design) FT, PT Master of Science in Multimedia and Entertainment
Technology FT, PT
Master of Science in Rehabilitation of People with
Developmental Disabilities FT, PT
Master of Science in Sustainable Urban Development FT, PT
Master of Business Administration PT
Master of Science in International Shipping and
Transport Logistics FT
Master of Arts in Chinese Culture FT, PT
Master of Arts in Competition Law and Economics PT Master of Science in Knowledge Management FT, PT Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(Aeronautical Engineering) FT, PT
Master of Science in Optometry FT, PT
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(Aviation) FT, PT
Master of Design (Urban Environments Design) FT Master of Science in International Hospitality
Management FT, PT
Master of Science in International Tourism and
Convention Management FT, PT
Master of Applied Psychology FT, PT
Executive Masters in Global Hospitality Leadership PT Master of Science in Infection Control FT, PT Master of Science in Operational Research and Risk
Analysis FT, PT
Master of Science in High Performance Buildings FT, PT
Master of Speech Therapy FT
Master of Applied Psychology (Diverse Learning
Needs) FT, PT
Master of Design (International Design and Business
Management) FT, PT
Master of Science in Nursing FT, PT
Master of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature (with a specialism in Chinese Language Teaching for Teachers of Non-Chinese Speaking Students)
FT, PT Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language (with a specialism in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in Hong Kong Schools)
FT, PT SCAD Foundation (Hong
Kong) Limited
(Non-local programme
Master of Arts in Graphic Design
FT
Master of Arts in Interactive Design and Game
Development
FT
Session 13 EDB - page 22 provider - Savannah College
of Art and Design, Inc)
Master of Arts in Photography
FT
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
FT
Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Design and GameDevelopment
FT
Master of Fine Arts in Photography
FT
Master of Arts in Luxury and Fashion Management
FT
Master of Fine Arts in Luxury and FashionManagement
FT
Abbreviations:
FT Full-time PT Part-time
DL Distance Learning EL Electronic Learning
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Session 13 EDB - page 23 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0082)
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (2) Primary Education, (5) Other Educational Services and Subsidies Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI)
Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education Question:
According to Reply Serial No. EDB187, the number of cross-boundary students has been increasing steadily since the 2012/13 to 2014/15 school years; has the Administration formulated new measures and earmarked provision to enhance the support and complementary measures for the cross-boundary students? If yes, what are the details? If no, what are the reasons?
Asked by: Hon TANG Ka-piu Reply:
The Government has put in place various facilitating measures to enhance transportation and clearance services for cross-boundary students (CBS) using various land-based boundary control points (CPs). These measures include allowing local school buses to gain access to the Lo Wu (LW) and Lok Ma Chau Spurline (LMCSL) CPs to take CBS to and from their schools; granting special quotas for cross-boundary school coaches for carriage of CBS through the Lok Ma Chau (LMC), Man Kam To (MKT), Sha Tau Kok (STK) and Shenzhen Bay (SZB) CPs; implementing simplified clearance services at LMCSL, LW and SZB CPs and on-board clearance services at MKT, STK and LMC CPs. The Government will continue to monitor closely the transportation and clearance needs of CBS, and will provide necessary supporting measures to cater for their needs and ensure their safety.
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Reply Serial No.
S-EDB06
Session 13 EDB - page 24 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0068)
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (6) Vocational Education
Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
Based on the Reply Serial No. EDB199, will the Government provide further information:
(a) In 2012/13 academic year, a total of 17 399 students completed full-time vocational education
programmes offered by the Vocational Training Council (VTC) but only 7 203 (41%) of those worked in the relevant fields after graduation. Does the Government know the reasons for the relatively small number of graduates worked in the relevant fields and the employment situation of the graduates who did not work in the relevant fields;
(b) Since the setting up of the Task Force on Promotion of Vocational Education (Task Force), through what ways does it liaise with the labour unions of different fields to collect their views on the promotion of vocational education in Hong Kong; and
(c) How will the Government strengthen its cooperation with the labour unions with a view to implement the promotion of vocational education more effectively?
Asked by: Hon WONG Kwok-hing Reply:
(a)
In addition to engaging in employment, a substantial number of graduates of the full-time vocational education programmes offered by the Vocational Training Council would choose to pursue further studies after graduation. Out of the 17 399 graduates in the 2012/13 academic year, 7 241 (42%) pursued further studies and 7 203 (41%) were employed in relevant fields. Moreover, 1 772 (10%) secured employment but not in their fields of study.
(b) and (c)
Since its establishment in June 2014, the Task Force on Promotion of Vocational Education (Task Force) has held several meetings and conducted a series of public engagement activities to measure the stakeholders’
perception towards vocational education and gauge their views on how to better promote vocational education in Hong Kong. In this connection, the Task Force had issued letters to major vocational
education and training providers (including major labour unions) inviting views and suggestions to promote vocational education in Hong Kong. Focus group interviews were also conducted with the representatives of major labour unions, among others, to measure their perception of vocational education and identify effective means to promote vocational education.
Reply Serial No.
S-EDB07
Session 13 EDB - page 25 Taking into account the views from different stakeholders collected in the public engagement activities, the Task Force will submit a report to the Secretary for Education in mid-2015 with a strategy and concrete proposals to promote vocational education to the public, raising their awareness of vocational education and enabling them to recognise its value. The Government will examine and consider the report then, and engage different stakeholders in the implementation of the promotional measures in due course as appropriate.
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Session 13 EDB - page 26 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0069)
Head: (156) Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (2) Primary Education
Controlling Officer: Permanent Secretary for Education (Mrs Marion LAI) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education
Question:
According to Reply Serial No. EDB200, the Bureau indicates that currently, the overall number of teachers appointed to fill graduate teacher posts in public sector primary schools has not yet reached 50%. What are the reasons? Has the Bureau formulated any effective policies to enhance the ratio of graduate teacher posts in all public sector primary schools to 65% within 3 years starting from the 2015/16 school year? If yes, what are the details? If not, how would the Bureau ensure that the policies formulated at the high level will not be circumvented at lower levels?
Asked by: Hon WONG Kwok-hing Reply:
As gathered from our contacts with the school management, the main reasons cited by public sector primary schools for having not fully utilised the graduate teacher posts include the general need for a longer period of time to observe the performance of the potential candidates in the non-graduate teaching grade for regrading or filling the vacant graduate teacher posts arising from normal turnover, and some qualified teachers choosing to stay in the non-graduate grade, etc. To enhance schools’ capacity in human resource planning, EDB will continue to monitor the situation and provide advice to schools on filling the graduate teacher posts with suitable teachers.
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Reply Serial No.
S-EDB08
Session 13 EDB - page 27 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. S0080)
Head: (173) Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (254) Loans to Students
Subhead (No. & title): (101) Means-tested loan for tertiary students pursuing publicly-funded programmes
(102) Non-means-tested loan scheme
(103) Means-tested loan for post-secondary students
(201) Means-tested loan for tertiary students pursuing publicly-funded programmes
(202) Non-means-tested loan scheme
(203) Means-tested loan for post-secondary students Programme: (1) Student Assistance Scheme
Controlling Officer: Head, Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (Mr Esmond LEE)
Director of Bureau: Secretary for Education Question:
1. Please provide the number of newly approved loan applications, the total amount of newly approved loans, the total amount of outstanding loans, and amount in default under the Tertiary Student Finance Scheme – Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS), the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP), the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Full-time Tertiary Students (NLSFT), the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS), and the Extended
Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (ENLS) respectively in the past 5 years.
2. Please provide, by the following categories, information regarding the default cases (i.e. with payment overdue for more than 6 months) under the ENLS in the past 5 years:
a. the age distribution of defaulters;
b. the ratio of defaulters who are employed;
c. the types of courses pursued by defaulters (Yi Jin Diploma, higher diploma, sub-degree, undergraduate, postgraduate and other courses).
Asked by: Hon IP Kin-yuen
Reply:
1. (i) The number of students receiving loans and the total amount of loans disbursed under the TSFS, FASP, NLSFT, NLSPS and ENLS in the 2010/11 to 2014/15 academic years are as follows –
Reply Serial No.
S-EDB09
Session 13 EDB - page 28 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*
(A)TSFS
Number of students receiving
loans 10 114 8 834 9 648 8 704 6 438
Total amount of loans disbursed
($ million) 258.86 253.16 284.95 261.09 203.61
(B)FASP
Number of students receiving
loans 9 833 9 428 8 685 7 366 4 556
Total amount of loans disbursed
($ million) 257.40 276.24 266.62 231.04 129.33
(C)NLSFT
Number of students receiving
loans 6 014 5 357 8 508 9 383 9 306
Total amount of loans disbursed
($ million) 214.54 197.65 324.15 355.54 361.29
(D)NLSPS#
Number of students receiving
loans 9 025 8 393 11 572 12 140 11 255
Total amount of loans disbursed
($ million) 543.56 554.53 589.86 650.55 559.50
(E)ENLS
Number of students receiving
loans 11 403 7 529 7 687 7 211 5 170
Total amount of loans disbursed
($ million) 473.62 341.21 361.99 360.09 223.61
Total
Number of students receiving
loans 46 389 39 541 46 100 44 804 36 725
Total amount of loans disbursed
($ million) 1,747.98 1,622.79 1,827.57 1,858.31 1,477.34
*As at 31 January 2015
# In the 2010/11 and 2011/12 academic years, the NLSPS loans were to cover tuition fees, academic expenses and living expenses. Starting from the 2012/13 academic year, the NLSPS loans are to cover tuition fees only.
(ii) The total amount of outstanding loans, which is the total amount of loans demanded for repayment but not yet settled, under the TSFS, FASP, NLSFT, NLSPS and ENLS in the 2010/11 to 2014/15 academic years are as follows -
Academic Year
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*
(A) TSFS
Total amount demanded
($ million) 427.99 382.97 290.19 253.41 119.89
Total amount settled ^
($ million) 423.36 376.99 283.51 244.76 112.42
Total amount of outstanding
loans ($ million) 4.63 5.98 6.68 8.65 7.47
Session 13 EDB - page 29 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*
(B) FASP
Total amount demanded
($ million) 86.93 121.41 141.41 170.72 98.05
Total amount settled ^
($ million) 83.56 115.46 130.25 152.91 81.34
Total amount of outstanding
loans ($ million) 3.37 5.95 11.16 17.81 16.71
(C) NLSFT
Total amount demanded
($ million) 279.92 262.64 245.75 230.22 124.97
Total amount settled ^
($ million) 272.48 255.18 235.42 218.97 110.28
Total amount of outstanding
loans ($ million) 7.44 7.46 10.33 11.25 14.69
(D) NLSPS
Total amount demanded
($ million) 287.82 340.00 374.09 401.06 231.70
Total amount settled ^
($ million) 263.63 301.43 327.40 346.03 176.28
Total amount of outstanding
loans ($ million) 24.19 38.57 46.69 55.03 55.42
(E) ENLS
Total amount demanded
($ million) 485.90 516.45 501.44 461.27 229.96
Total amount settled ^
($ million) 441.54 454.56 432.43 407.75 187.59
Total amount of outstanding
loans ($ million) 44.36 61.89 69.01 53.52 42.37
Total
Total amount demanded
($ million) 1,568.56 1,623.47 1,552.88 1,516.68 804.57 Total amount settled ^
($ million) 1,484.57 1,503.62 1,409.01 1,370.42 667.91 Total amount of outstanding
loans ($ million) 83.99 119.85 143.87 146.26 136.66
* As at 31 January 2015
^ The figure denotes the total of all amounts settled in respect of the demand notes issued in a particular academic year. This includes the amounts settled in the academic year concerned and in subsequent years (up to 31 January 2015).
(iii) Student loan borrowers who fail to repay two or more consecutive quarterly instalments / six or more consecutive monthly instalments for one or more loan repayment account(s) are considered as defaulters. These do not include borrowers whose application for deferment of repayment (e.g.
due to financial hardship, pursuing further full-time studies or serious illness) has been approved.
The amount in default, which represents the total amount of arrears in the defaulted student loan accounts carried forward from previous academic years and arisen in the respective academic years, as at the end of the 2010/11 to 2014/15 academic years are as follows –
Session 13 EDB - page 30 Amount in default ($ million)
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*
(A) TSFS 60.49 52.60 39.53 33.26 31.72
(B) FASP 13.93 20.98 17.87 18.35 18.60
(C) NLSFT 34.54 29.31 24.98 21.24 20.04
(D) NLSPS 57.70 63.73 62.83 57.91 56.31
(E) ENLS 121.19 117.51 108.08 93.32 89.67
Total 287.85 284.13 253.29 224.08 216.34
* As at 31 January 2015
Through all the stepped up measures taken by the Student Finance Office of the Agency in recent years, the amount in default has decreased from $287.85 million as at the end of the 2010/11 academic year to $216.34 million as at 31 January 2015.
2. The requested information under the ENLS in the 2010/11 to 2014/15 academic years is as follows – a. The current age distribution of defaulters is as follows –
Age Group Academic Year (as at the end of academic year)
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*
Aged 20 or below 252 (2.67%)
312 (3.41%)
200 (2.37%)
110 (1.51%)
54 (0.79%) Aged between 20 and
30
4 043 (42.83%)
3 766 (41.17%)
3 315 (39.30%)
2 566 (35.31%)
2 339 (34.06%) Aged between 30 and
40
2 995 (31.72%)
2 882 (31.51%)
2 758 (32.70%)
2 527 (34.77%)
2 432 (35.42%) Aged between 40 and
50
1 343 (14.23%)
1 324 (14.47%)
1 289 (15.28%)
1 182 (16.27%)
1 141 (16.62%) Aged between 50 and
60
701 (7.43%)
718 (7.85%)
711 (8.43%)
705 (9.70%)
712 (10.37%)
Aged over 60 106
(1.12%)
145 (1.59%)
162 (1.92%)
177 (2.44%)
188 (2.74%)
Total 9 440
(100.00%)
9 147 (100.00%)
8 435 (100.00%)
7 267 (100.00%)
6 866 (100.00%)
* As at 31 January 2015
b. We do not maintain a statistical breakdown on the employment status of defaulters.
c. The ENLS covers a wide range of post-secondary/ continuing and professional education courses.
We do not maintain information on the distribution of defaulters by the study level of the courses under the ENLS except Yi Jin Diploma (formerly known as Project Yi Jin) which is one of the categories of eligible courses/course providers. The distribution of defaulters by Yi Jin Diploma and others is as follows –
Session 13 EDB - page 31 Categories of courses (as at the end of academic year)
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*
Yi Jin Diploma 1 302 1 434 1 344 1 127 1 048
Others 8 249 7 831 7 211 6 249 5 928
Total number of defaulters# 9 440 9 147 8 435 7 267 6 866
* As at 31 January 2015
# A defaulter may default repayment in respect of more than one loan drawn down for courses from more than one category and therefore the total number of defaulters is not equal to the sum of the numbers of defaulters in each category.
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