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2 December 1974
Mr Clemitson (Luton Fast): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the percentage of children between the ages of five years and 15 years receiving full-time education in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong in the years 1965, 1970 and 1973.
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MR DAVID ENNALS
The table below shows the percentage of children between the ages of 5 and 15 years who were receiving full-time education during the years indicated. It is divided into three sections to show primary and post-primary distribution in this age range:-
1965
1970
1973
5-11 age group
Numbers in age group
694,200
$747,500
Enrolment (full-time)
484,858
694,000 642,587 654,155
Percentage of age
group enrolled
69.84%
85.96% 94.26%
12-15 age group
Numbers in age group
312,900
391,900 444,800
Enrolment (full-time)
200,101
288,362 334,683
Percentage of age
group enrolled
63.95% 73.58% 75.24%
5-15 age groun
Numbers in age group Enrolment (full-time)
1,007,100 1,139,400 1,138,800
Percentage of age group enrolled
684,959
930,949 979,838
68.01%
81.71%
86.04%
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