EDUCATION
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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 12,902), the Technical College Evening Department (8,410), the Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies (427) and 12 Adult Education and Recreation Centres (37,512). 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 elementary level to post-school-certificate standards; teacher's classes for art, music, handwork, woodwork, domestic science and the teaching of English; rural literacy classes with emphasis on learning the '3-Rs'; post-primary extension classes providing an additional three years training with a practical bias for those who do not anticipate further education at the secondary school level; and secondary school classes leading to the two school certificate examinations. In addition, general background education classes provide elemen- tary education with special reference to adult needs and interests; practical background education classes give opportunity for adults to learn woodwork, housecraft, sewing and knitting. The total number of classes is 572 held in 58 locations in the urban and rural areas.
The Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies offers advanced courses in Chinese studies to graduates of Chinese and Anglo- Chinese secondary schools. At present the school provides a three- year course in general arts, leading to a diploma issued by the Education Department. Classes are held at the university for two hours each evening, five evenings a week. Subjects taught include Chinese literature, philosophy, sociology, English language and literature. Most of the students are teachers in the day time.
Education and recreation are combined at the 12 Adult Educa- tion and Recreation Centres which provide a wide variety of recreational, cultural and creative activities for developing a civic