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their general welfare, including the arrangement of suitable contacts and hospitality. Although students are making increasing use of these facilities, there are still some who prefer to make their own arrangements. The following table shows the distribution of students by the courses they follow and the country in which they are studying. Most of them are pursuing courses which are not available locally.
Country*
Courses followed
Source of payment†
U. K.
Canada
Agricultural Sciences
Commercial subjects
11
4
9
6
Education
15
1 Colonial Development and
Welfare Scheme
4 Government Scholarships
Fine Arts, Applied Arts,
Architecture
19
7
2 Government Scholarships
Law
Medical Sciences
61
22 883
35
1 Colonial Development and
Welfare Scheme
3 Colonial Development and
Welfare Scheme
3
5 Colonial Development and
Welfare Scheme
3 Government Scholarships
Philosophy and Humanities,
Arts
12
14
Public Administration
3
Science (general)
14
78
Secretarial
2
Social Sciences
1
Technology and Engineering
Sciences
116
14
Inland revenue
2
Meteorology
4
293
127
6 Sino-British Scholarships
2 Government Scholarships
1 Colonial Development and
Welfare Scheme
2 Colonial Development and
Welfare Scheme
Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme
Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme
* In addition to the figures given 7 students went to Eire for further study, 100 to U.S.A. and 157 to Australia. Figures for Hong Kong students in the Philippines, Formosa, Japan and other countries are not available.
† All students in Canada are privately financed and all those in the United
Kingdom are privately financed except where stated otherwise.
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