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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on
2 December 1974
HK MOD
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
NOON TUESDAY
3. DECEMBER
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.
7. Daniel E.
The table below shows the percentage of children between the ages of 5 and 15 years who were receiving full-time
to divided wit education during the years indicated. It has been produced-
three sections to show primary and post-primary distribution in this age range:-
1965
1970
1973
5-11 age group Numbers in age group Enrolment (full-time)
694,200
747,500 694,000
484,858
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 group
Numbers in age group 1,007,100
Enrolment (full-time)
1,139,400
1,138,800
684,959
930,949
979,838
Percentage of age
group enrolled
68.01%
81.71% 86.04%
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