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The British Council in Hong Kong (offices opened in 1948)
2015
The British Council, recognising the changes facing Hong Kong over the next ten years, the importance of an overt and continuing British interest in the maintenance of Hong Kong's stability, and Hong Kong's growing financial and economic role, seeks to promote an enduring understanding of Britain by:
- running an English Language Institute teaching some 30,000 students a year from beginners level to professional examination standard and providing language courses for public sector and corporate clients including China Light and Power and China Resources.
providing teacher training courses for native English speakers and, under contract to Hong Kong Government, giving refresher courses to primary and secondary school English teachers.
promoting British higher and further education through the Education Counselling and Promotion Services which answers some 8000 enquiries a year, assists over 100 marketing visits from British institutions and which in 1989 will take the major space at the official opening of the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre for an exhibition of British education.
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sponsoring an active programme of arts events including both major British companies and less well known artists and providing assistance to local organisations wishing to take British groups to Hong Kong.
running a library supporting the language teaching operation and providing material on British society and culture to a membership of 12,000, borrowing over 90,000 books and cassettes a year.
assisting in contacts between the universities and polytechnic in Hong Kong and institution in Britain financing both visits and scholarships.
Costs (1988-89 estimates)
Total programme £5,129,000 including FCO grant (£761,000), agency funds (£1,792,000), aid administration and relevant HQ costs.
Earnings
£2,473,000
Staff
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Representative Julian Davey + 3 London appointed staff. Local staff 57, teaching staff 42 full time, 48 part time.
Other points of interest
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Since 1987 the Council has recruited and managed over 80 teachers of English for secondary schools in Hong Kong under a contract with the Hong Kong Government. Under a separate contract summer schools are arranged in Britain for Chinese teachers of English.