CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 781
CONFIDENTIAL
TO HONG KONG
11 DECEMBER 1969
(HKK 9/5)
FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY MR. COLIN JACKSON' PUT DOWN FOR
WRITTEN ANSWER ON 15 DECEMBER.
TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
WHEN COMPULSORY PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO
HONG KONG,
2. REPLY ON FOLLOWING LINES PROPOSED.
IT IS THE AIM OF THE
FREE OR SUBSIDISED ED
KONG GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE BY 1970/71
'ON TO ALL CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
AGE WHO SEEK IT. BY THAT DATE A TOTAL OF 695,000 PLACES WILL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN GOVERNMENT AND SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS, WHICH WILL EXCEED THE ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 659,900 CHILDREN OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL AGE.
3. NO DECISION ON THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPULSORY PRIMARY SCHOOL
EDUCATION INTO THE COLONY HAS YET BEEN TAKEN.
4. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
REPLY BY A.M. 15 DECEMBER.
STEWART
FILES
H.K.D.
C.R.D.
MR. WILFORD
BEAI
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