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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 309 OF 24 MARCH
NCAT REF.
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS).
YOUR TEL NO. 212 OF 23 MARCH.
THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS AS FOLLOWS:
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
2,419
3,488
4,279
1976-77
4,741'
989 STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE PURSUING PART-TIME COURSES, GRADUATED FROM THE POLYTECHNIC IN JULY 1976. THE GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT
SURVEY, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY NOVEMB 1976, SHOWED THAT 759 GRADUATES (76.6%) WERE IN EMPLOYMENT AT THAT TIME AND 179 GRADUATES (18.1%) WERE PURSUING FURTHER STUDIES LOCALY OR ABROAD. THE REMAINING 52 (5.3%) WERE EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR THEIR OCCUPATION WAS NOT KNOWN.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HKD (3)
FED
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/MR LUARD
MR CORTAZZI
COPIES TO:
EDUCATION ADVISER ODM
MR KIDD
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
CONFIDENTIAL