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income groups
membership of the Social Welfare Department's network
of community centres and of the Education Department Adult Education
and Recreational Centres, for example, confirming a flourishing interest
and willingness to participate among lower-interest groups. As has been
noted in chapter 2, adult education is provided in a wide variety of
forms by many different institutions and agencies in Hong Kong, and a
significant proportion in effect still represents a part-time extension
of normal day-school provision during a period of consolidation in basic
educational provision.