unnecessarily withholding their children from
primary school.
3. In the field of higher education, progress
has continued in the development of the two
Universities; approval has been given for an
increase in the number of students from 4,900
in the academic year 1969/70 to 6,000 in the
year 1973/74. The Morrison Hill Technical
Institute has recently been completed, and the
Government is looking into proposals før more
institutes of this kind.
4. In the current financial year about 20
per cent of total Government expenditure is
devoted to education.
Public Assistance
5.
An official of the British Government
has been seconded to Hong Kong to advise and
assist in the introduction of a new Public
Assistance Scheme. The new proposals are
based on cash payments and the maintenance of a
minimum income level.
Medical Services
6. Medical facilities in theColony are set at
a high order. The policy of the Hong Kong
Government is to provide directly or indirectly
low cost or free/ medical and personal health
services to those who cannot afford to pay. In
1969 there were 3.97 hospital beds per thousand
of the population, and it is expected that the
target of 4.25 beds per thousand will be
achieved by 1972 at the end of the current 10
year development programme.
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