GRS 22%
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 22074OZ
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL.
RE
51
22 MAR 1977
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TOP. COPT
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 307 OF 23 MARCH
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS).
MY TELEGRAM NO 302 OF 22 MARCH,
PLEASE REPLACE SUD-PARA (3) TO READ AS FOLLOWS
REF.
TYPE OF
EDUCATION
PLACES IN 1966-67
PLACES IN
1976-77
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
(3) HIGHER
A) UNIVERSITIES
4,480
8,500
93.2%
(B) POLYTECHNIC (F) ( 3,520) FULL-TIME 7,768 FULL-TIME 120.5%
EQUIVALENT
STUDENTS
EQUIVALENT
STUDENTS
TOTAL HIGHER
TOTAL
7,928
89,720
16,260 299,560
185.3%
233.9%
TOTAL POPULATION 3,629,900
4,443,800
22.4%
12 21
662,300
1,957,800
59.7%
NOTE (F) SHOULD BE AMENDED TO READ:
''THE FIGURE FOR 1966-67 IS THAT FOR THE FORMER TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND DERIVED BY USING THE CURRENT FORMULA FOR CALCULATING
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT. STUDENTS UNDER WHICH PART-TIME DAY RELEASE STUDENTS ARE COUNTED AS 1/3 FULL-TIME AND EVENING STUDENTS AS 1/6 FULL-TIME. THE POLYTECHNIC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1972 AND TOOK OVER THE WORK OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE,'' MACLEHOSE
FILES
CLA
MR CORTA Z.Z /
PS/MR LUARD
HKD (3) PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTIDENTIAL
FED
COPIES TO
MR KID HK BOUTON
LONDON