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in the United Kingdom. The hostel will be known as Hong Kong House and will be under a Board of Governors appointed by the Governor. The building, which is expected to be ready for occupation towards the end of 1957, will accommodate upwards of seventy students.
The Government has also contributed £2,000 towards a scheme to build an international hall of residence for men students at London University, in which places will be reserved for students from contributing countries.
Examinations.The Education Department conducts a con- siderable number of external examinations on behalf of examining bodies and Universities in the United Kingdom. The most popular of these is the General Certificate of Education of London University, for which there were over 590 candidates in the current year. Other examinations include the External Degree Examinations of the University of London, the technological examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute, and commercial examinations of various British organizations. The London Chamber of Commerce Examinations, held three times a year, attract as many as 600 candidates in all.
The Department also conducts two School Certificate Examinations, for which the number of candidates grows steadily from year to year. There were 2,455 entries for the English School Certificate Examination, an increase of 463 over last year, and 1,618 entries for the Chinese School Certificate Examination, an increase of 127.
Technical Education is provided in three government institutions, two trade schools of the Salesian Society, and a number of private schools. The government institutions are the Ho Tung Technical School for Girls, with an enrolment of 237 girls in a five-year secondary-school course with emphasis on commercial, domestic and industrial subjects; the Victorial Technical School, formerly the Junior Technical School, with 257 boys undergoing a secondary technical