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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on
2 December 1974
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
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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.
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 has been produced in 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
69.849%
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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