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and Ireland for further study and at the end of September 1962, Hong Kong students in Britain numbered 1,601. A table in Appendix VI shows the main categories of their courses. The numbers of Hong Kong students known to have left for Australia, Canada and the USA for further studies are 1,004, 210 and 766 respectively.
Government maintains Hong Kong House in London as a residential and social centre for Hong Kong students. The house is controlled by a board of governors responsible to the Govern- ment and accommodates almost 80 students. Table tennis, billiards, a radiogram, television, a photographic dark room and a library are provided. The main lounge has ample room for dances, concerts and general social activities. The address is: Hong Kong House, 74, Lancaster Gate, London, W2. Telephone: AMBassador 3056.
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Education is provided by the Education Department in the Evening Institute (enrolment 17,501), the Technical College Evening Department (7,982), the Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies (445) and 12 Adult Education and Recreation_Centres (34,451). The Evening Institute offers different types of courses designed to make up education deficiencies and improve employ- ment prospects. There are English classes ranging from primary five to lower form six standard; teachers' classes for art, music, handwork, woodwork, domestic science and the teaching of English; rural classes with emphasis on literacy and simple arithmetic; post- primary extension classes providing an additional three years' training with a practical bias for those who do not anticipate further education at the grammar school level; and secondary school classes leading to the two school certificate examinations. General background classes provide elementary school education with special reference to adult needs and interests and also enable students to study home-management, housecraft, baby-care, cook- ing, sewing and knitting. In the woodwork classes, students learn simple carpentry and furniture-making for household needs. In addition, there are special classes in basic English for officers of various Government departments. There are 634 classes in 74