The Legislative Yuan completed a preliminary review Wednesday of draft amendments that would allow Chinese students to enroll in Taiwan's colleges, but it was unable to decide on whether restrictions on Chinese enrollment will be part of the final bill. The Education and Culture Committee conducted the review of the amendments to the University Act and the Junior College Law, hearing one proposal each from the Executive Yuan, ruling Kuomintang Legislator Cheng Chin-ling and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus. During the review, ruling and opposition lawmakers clashed when the DPP caucus insisted that a clause be included holding the Ministry of Education (MOE) to a promise it has made not to give preference to students from China. After failing to reach a consensus, Legislator Chiang Yi-hsiung, who chaired the review meeting, opted to pass the amendments to the Procedure Committee without making a decision on the issue. The draft amendments are expected to be put on the Procedure Committee's agenda for May 18. The committee will decide whether the amendments proceed to a second reading. The MOE promise, made to address DPP lawmakers' concerns about the possible displacement of local students and workers, included not lowering admission requirements for Chinese students, not offering them scholarships and not allowing them to take places that could be filled by local students. The ministry also promised that Chinese students would be banned from working while studying, staying in Taiwan after graduating and taking local tests for professional licenses or civil service positions. The MOE also said it would limit the number of Chinese students studying in Taiwan, their subjects of study, and the number of Chinese universities that Taiwan plans to recognize. In addition to those restrictions, the DPP version of the draft amendments also stipulates the number of Chinese students be halved to 0.5 percent from the 1 percent of total enrollments proposed by the MOE. The DPP also wants to restrict Chinese students who graduate from Taiwanese schools from taking regular jobs in Taiwan within five years after graduation. 