CONFIDENTIAL .
1965
1970
1973
t
5-11 AGE GROUP
NUMBERS IN AGE GROUP
694,200
747,500 694,000
ENROLMENT (FULL TIME)
484,858
642,587 654,155
PER CENTAGE OF AGE GROUP ENROLLED 69.84%
85.96%
94.26%
12-15 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
ENROLMENT (FULL TIME)
1,007,100 684,959
1,139,400
930,949
1,138,800 979,838
81.71%
86.04%
PERCENTAGE OF AGE GROUP ENROLLED 68.01%
(C) THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOW THE PERCENTAGE OF THE INDIGENOUS"> POPULATION RECEIVING FULL-TIME HIGHER EDUCATION DURING THE
YEARS INDICATED:
YEAR
1965
1970
POPULATION
3,597,900
1973 3,959,000 4,159,900
UNIVERSITIES
3,912
5,225
6,352
POLYTECHNIC
1,800
1,800
2,419
COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
931
1,166
1,190
OTHER POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES
2,431
4,401
5,773
TOTAL STUDENTS
9.074
12,592
15,734
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS
TO POPULATION
0.25%
0.32%
0.38%
(D) THE RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY (PER THOUSAND LIVE BIRTHS) IN -HONG KONG FOR THE SAME THREE YEARS WAS AS FOLLOWS:-
1965
1970
23.7
19.6
1973
16.8
+
2
CONFIDENTIAL
/(E) THERE