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30 March 1977
Mr Hal Miller (Bromsgrove and Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the Hong Kong Government have made in the last 10 years in the provision of state secondary, further and higher education.
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MR EVAN LUARD
During the last ten years the number of state and state subsidised secondary places has been
increased from 63,600 to 246,200 (an increase of 287%), the number of further education places from 18,200 to 37,100 (an increase of 104%) and the number of higher education places from 7,920 to 16,260 (an increase of 105%). There has been a 60% increase in the 12-21 year-old population age group during thə
same period.