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Sunday, July 1, 1973

The enrolment for the English language courses - Elementary, Intermediate and Senior - is about 6,200.

There are 20 centres, seven on Hong Kong Island, seven in Kowloon

and six in the New Territories with a total of 173 classed.

The elementary level is from Primary 4 to Form III, the intermediate is equivalent to Form IV and V, leading to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination English language only, and the senior level is

equivalent to Lower Form VI. A certificate is awarded by the Education

Department after an examination.

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Other courses organised by the Institute are general background

education courses for mature students who attend classes equivalent to Primary 2 to 6; practical background education courses in sewing and Initting,

house craft and woodwork; and rural literacy courses equivalent to

Primary 1 to 2 for people who wish to learn to read and to write.

These

The Evening Insitutte also runs 11 courses for teachers.

courses have an element of teacher training together with an clement

personal education in some skill or craft.

Application forms for all of these courses for the 1973/74 session

commencing September 1973 can be obtained between July 3 and 15 at the

following schools:

On Hong Kong Island:

Queen's College, King's College and the

Hennessy Road Government Primary School;

/In Kowloon