Bulletin Spring‧Summer Autumn‧Winter 1999

packages. However, about 30 per cent complained about inadequate training opportunities and the lack of promotion prospects. Higher-Degree Graduates Distribution of Higher-Degree Graduates (Except MBAs) in Employment: by Occupational Sector Destinations A total of 126 valid questionnaires were collected from 136 full-time higher-degree graduates. N i n e t y - t wo respondents had already started work; 16 were engaged in further studies; six returned to their places of origin; four were employed overseas; one emigrated abroad; one was not seeking employment for personal reasons; and six were still seeking suitable employment at the time of analysis. About 30 per cent of the employed graduates obtained information about their current jobs from the Appointments Service. Division of the Graduate School [Not including the Divison of Business Administration] About 63 per cent of the respondents were in employment and 19.8 per cent took up further studies after graduation. Teaching in secondary or tertiary educational institutions accounted for 45 per cent of the respondents in employment. Research (19.6 per cent), administration/ management (7.8 per cent) and computer (5.9 per cent) were the other career fields w h i c h attracted many of the higher-degree graduates. Some 49 per cent of the graduates earned a monthly salary in the range of $9,000 to $9,999, while 21.6 per cent earned more than $10,000 per month. About 70 per cent of them indicated satisfaction with their present jobs. Two-year MBA Programme About 88 per cent of the MBA graduates entered the business sector upon graduation. Some 90 per cent of them received their first appointment offers by the end of August. The average number of offers received by the M BA graduates was 2.3. About 56 per cent of the M BA graduates received a monthl y salary of $10,000 or more in 1989. Diplomates of the School of Education Of the 112 full-time diplomates who graduated in 1989 ， 102 responded to the survey. Most of the diplomates (96 per cent) chose teaching as their career after training in the School of Education. The majority were teaching in subsidized or aided secondary schools. Some 48.5 per cent of the diplomates received monthly salaries ranging from $9,500 to $9,999 per month. About 63 per cent of them were either fairly satisfied or very satisfied with their present employment. Close to 37 per cent of the diplomates obtained information about their present employment from the Appointments Service, while about 40 per cent of them secured their current jobs by responding to newspaper advertisements. Distribution of MBA Graduates in Employment: by Career Field Distribution of Diplomates in Employment: by Occupational Sector S T U D E N TS 22