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EDUCATION
Conference held at Oxford in 1959. Two scholarships for post- graduate studies were awarded by the Canadian Government. Hong Kong is contributing towards this plan by awarding annually to graduates from other parts of the Commonwealth two scholar- ships tenable at the University of Hong Kong. Two scholarships offered by the Department of Technical Co-operation at British universities and two departmental scholarships for training in Britain were awarded to officers of the department. Nine British Council scholarships were awarded to enable graduates and post- graduates to study at British institutions. The Federation of British Industries granted one scholarship for a two-year course in practi- cal training in an engineering firm in Britain.
One award for studies in Australia was made to an officer of the Education Department under the Australian International Award Scheme and another was made to an officer of the same department under the Mutual Aid Programme of the Common- wealth Education Scheme for a three-month course in New Zealand. A scholarship was awarded under the Canadian Aid Programme to an officer of the Hong Kong Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society for an observation tour in Canada. Two American Awards for Colonial Teachers were granted: one to a teacher in a grant-in-aid school and another to an officer of the Education Department. A fellow- ship was awarded by Gallaudet College, Washington DC, USA, to an officer of the Education Department for a course in the teaching of deaf children.
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EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION
A brief summary of expenditure by the Education Department from August 1962 to July 1963, is given in the table on finance in Appendix VI. In government and government-aided primary schools, fees are kept as low as possible and 10 per cent of all places are reserved for the free education of poor children. In government and aided secondary schools between 30 per cent and 45 per cent of the places are free.
LEGISLATION
All government schools are directly controlled by the Director of Education. Other schools, with some exceptions, are subject to