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P.R.H. 7

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

INFORMATION SERVICES

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

Wednesday, January 28, 1970

INCREASE IN PRIMARY ENROLMENT

1

650.000 Prinary Places Available By 1971

Mr. J. Canning, the Director of Education, told the Legislative

Council today he estimated that by 1971 there would be 650,000 Government

and aided primary school places available to meet the needs of a primary

age group of 645,600.

private primary places.

Those places would be in addition to some 200,000 existing

He was replying to a question by the Hon. Fung Hon-chu who had

asked if the Government was aware of the recent closure of a number of

private primary schools. He wanted to know if this would, in any way,

affect the programe of providing a primáry school place for overy child.

Mr. Canning said the total enrolment in private primary schools

was known to have dropped by nearly 15,000 since September, 1968

reduction caused in part when 5,000 of these places were brought on to

subsidy.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 11: FEB 1970

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