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Hope, Andrea; Butcher, Bob – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Hong Kong's economic fortunes have always depended on trade with China. By the mid-1980s, the colonial higher education system was catering to only 6% of the 18-20 age cohort and there was a backlog of adult learners who had been denied access. The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was launched in 1989 to overwhelming public response. It…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries