The information contained in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1996 to answer the following questions about M.Sc. (Urban Planning) graduates : -
Out of 19 M.Sc. (Urban Planning) graduates, 13 responded to our survey, representing a response rate of 68%. Of these, 85% were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. 7.7% (or 1 graduate) was still looking for full-time employment at the time of the survey in December 1996. (Table 1)
Table 1. Employment situation
M.Sc. (Urban Planning)
HKU Overall (Taught Masters)
Total Male
Female
'96 '95
'96 '95
'96 '95
'96 '95
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. of respondents
13 100 13 100
8 100 5 100
5 100 8 100
98 100 77 100
F/T employed
11 84.6 13 100
7 87.5 5 100
4 80.0 8 100
88 89.8 74 96.1
P/T employed seeking F/T job
1 7.7 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 20.0 0 0
2 2.0 1 1.3
Unemployed seeking F/T job
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 2.0 1 1.3
Further studies
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
4 4.1 0 0
Emigration/home country
1 7.7 0 0
1 12.5 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1.0 1 1.3
Not seeking F/T job
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1.0 0 0
Among those in full-time employment, all were able to secure a job offer before the end of September 1996. (Figure 1)
Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment
No Response = 2
55% of the 1996 M.Sc. (Urban Planning) graduates were employed in commerce & industry, followed by 36% in the education sector. The remaining 9% joined the civil service. (Figure 2) (Figure 3)
Figure 2. Employment sectors
Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex
Table 4 shows the average income of 1996 M.Sc. (U.P.) graduates in full-time employment.
| Basic Salary | Gross Income | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.Sc. (Urban Planning) | HKU Average * | M.Sc. (Urban Planning) | HKU Average * | |||||
| ‘96 | ‘95 | ‘96 | ‘95 | ‘96 | ‘95 | ‘96 | ‘95 | |
| Mean | $14,734 | $14,750 | $25,246 | $22,948 | $15,326 | $15,630 | $27,483 | $25,256 |
| Median | $15,135 | $14,905 | $24,000 | $23,000 | $16,000 | $14,905 | $24,850 | $23,900 |
| Minimum | $10,000 | $11,000 | $10,000 | $10,400 | $10,000 | $11,917 | $10,000 | $11,267 |
| Maximum | $20,000 | $19,000 | $70,000 | $62,665 | $21,667 | $21,000 | $87,000 | $79,665 |
Table 4. Basic salary and gross income
* income received by taught master graduates
All of the graduates had received one job offer. (Figure 4)
Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers
The job titles of the 11 graduates who took up full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below. (Table 5)
| Employers : | Job Titles : |
|---|---|
| CIVIL SERVICE - | |
| * Post Office | * Assistant Controller of Post II |
| EDUCATION - | |
| * Bhaktapen Multiple Campus | * Lecturer |
| * Tribhuvan University | * Lecturer |
| * University of Mysure, India | * Senior Lecturer |
| * Organisation’s name not reported | * Teacher |
| COMMERCE & INDUSTRY - | |
| * B & Associates Ltd | * Architectural Designer |
| * City Planning Consultants Ltd | * Assistant Planner |
| * Hong Kong Resort Co Ltd | * Assistant Estate Officer |
| * Shamk Lamd Cox | * Assistant Town Planner |
| * Townland Consultants Ltd | * Trainee Planner |
No Response = 1
Table 5. List of employers and job titles
Note : Some alumni have indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Their contact telephone number can be obtained from counsellors at CEPC.
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