Students from Epworth Village Methodist Church Kindergarten have a cheery wave for the camera. Children aged three to five achieved a school attendance rate of 95 per cent in 1996; the six to 11 group rate was 100 per cent, with the 12-16 and 17-18 groups recording 96 and 64 per cent, respectively. At the latest by-census, in March 1996, Hong Kong had 1.15 million people aged under 15, or 18.5 per cent of the population. A further 869 511, or 14 per cent, were aged between 15 and 24.
About 15 per cent of Hong Kong's population has completed a course of
tertiary education, while 52.7 per cent completed secondary school.