Where did the 1999 Postgraduate in Laws (SPACE) graduates go ?
	Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

• How many had been employed by December, 1999 ?
• Among those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?
• Among those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to get their first job offer ?
• In which sectors were they employed ?
• How much salary did they receive ?
• How many job offers did they receive ?
• Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situations in 1999

Of the 104 full-time graduates from this programme, 76 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.
 

			PCLL(SPACE)					HKU Overall*
			1999			1998		1999		1998
			No.	%		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents			76	100		64	100	575	100	458	100
Employed			70	92		49	77	504	88	341	74
Unemployed seeking F/T job			5	6.6		8	13	23	4	35	7.6
Further Studies			1	1.3		4	6.3	39	6.8	71	16
Emigrated/Returned to home country			0	0		1	1.6	5	0.9	3	0.7
Not seeking F/T job			0	0		2	3.1	4	0.7	8	1.7

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the HKU Taught Postgraduate Programme graduates.
 
 

III. Further Studies

One graduate proceeded to further studies. The tables below show the academic programme that he pursued and his source of funds.
 

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	Adv.Diploma/Diploma
Mandarin Language Studies	1

 

Source of Funds	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	1

 
 

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.
 

	% of new graduates who have secured employment
By the end of	1999	1998
May or before	33%	46%
June	43%	54%
July	64%	74%
August	76%	78%
September	84%	87%
October	92%	91%
November	98%	98%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 7
 
 

V. Employment Sectors

All the graduates from this programme were employed in commerce & industry.
 

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	100%	94%
Civil Service	-	6%

No Response = 3
 
 
 

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates from this programme is shown below.
 

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	PCLL(SPACE)		HKU Average*		PCLL(SPACE)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$14,821	$15,734	$18,694	$20,628	$15,476	$16,544	$19,169	$21,336
Median	$12,000	$12,000	$17,450	$20,000	$12,458	$12,000	$18,000	$20,000
Minimum	$7,500	-	-	-	$7,500	-	-	-
Maximum	$35,000	$99,999	$73,815	$99,999	$40,833	$108,332	$95,195	$108,332

* HKU Average refers to the figure for the HKU Taught Postgraduate Programme graduates.

The number of job offers received by graduates from this programme is shown in the following table.
 

No. of job offers received	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	27 (45%)
Two	11 (18%)
Three	12 (20%)
Four	6 (10%)
Five	2 (3.3%)
Eight or more	2 (3.3%)

No Response = 10

The job titles of graduates from this programme in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.
 

Employers	Job Titles
COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
Baker & McKenzie		Trainee Solicitor
Bank of China		Manager
Bernacchi Chambers		Pupil Barrister
C K Mok & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Chan & Kong		Trainee Solicitor
CK So & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Crump & Co		Trainee Solicitor
D F Cheung Co		Trainee Solicitor
Deacons Graham & James		Trainee Solicitor
Dexvoex Chamber		Pupil Barrister
Dexvoex Chamber		Pupil Barrister
Dexvoex Chamber		Pupil Barrister
F Zimmern & Co		Trainee Solicitor
F Zimmern & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Fairdairn Catley Low & Kong		Trainee Solicitor
Fong & Ng		Trainee Solicitor
General Business System		System Engineer
H H Land Co		Trainee Solicitor
Hastings & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Hastings & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Herbert Smith		Trainee Solicitor
Hin Spings & Co		Trainee Solicitor
K B Chau & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Karbhari & Cham		Trainee Solicitor
Kenneth Leung Wai Ming		Trainee Solicitor
Leo K W Lok & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Li, Wong & Lam		Trainee Solicitor
Munro & Co		Trainee Solicitor
New T & T		Commercial Manager
Paul Wo & Tse		Trainee Solicitor
Peter Chung Co		Trainee Solicitor
Raymond Chu & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Richard Tai & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Richards Butler		Trainee Solicitor
Roberson Double & Lee		Trainee Solicitor
S K Lam, Alfred Chan & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Shell (HK) Ltd		Legal Assistant
Simon Siu, Chan, Lam & Wong		Trainee Solicitor
Sinclair Roche & Temperley		Trainee Solicitor
Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum		Trainee Solicitor
Slaughter & May		Trainee Solicitor
So, Keung, Yip, Sin & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Susan Liang & Co		Trainee Solicitor
T S Tong & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Tai, Tang & Chong		Trainee Solicitor
Tang & Lee		Trainee Solicitor
Tsang, Chan & Woo, Solicitors		Trainee Solicitor
Tsang, Chan & Woo, Solicitors		Trainee Solicitor
Vivien Chan & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Wilkinson & Grist		Trainee Solicitor
Wingway Chambers		Pupil Barrister
Wu, Kong, Li, Lo & Co		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Pupil Barrister
Organization's name not reported		Pupil Barrister
Organization's name not reported		Pupil Barrister
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor
Organization's name not reported		Trainee Solicitor

No Response = 4
 
 

Note : Some of the 1999 graduates indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Contact numbers can be obtained from counsellors at the CePc.