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SOCIAL PROGRAMMES IN HONG KONG

Education

1. A report by the Board of Education, on the expansion of Bocondring education in Hong Kong was published as a Green Papor in Ootoburt 1973. The Government is now preparing a White Paper setting th Government policy for the next decade.

2. The Green Paper's main ten year aim is a minimum of 3 yearn secondary education up to the age of 14 for all children in Bou; kone and 5 years' secondary schooling up to 16 for 40 per cent of chibin 16 in the age group. The interim target is places for 80 per cent of this 12-14 year old age group by 1981, and sufficient five year pleceri for 36 per cent of the 12-16 age group. There are also plans bo provide for the tripling of tertiary education by 1978.

Medical and Health Services

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3. A report by the Medical Development Committee on the development of medical and health services up to 1983, was tabled in Loginlochi Council on 31 October 1973. When the recommendations in the foport have been fully considered, a development programme will be laid before Executive and Legislative Councils.

The major projects in the report are:-

1) a target of 5.5 hospital beds por 1,000 population

by 1983 (at present there are 4.1 beda por 1,000 popitton 11) to help achieve this target, new hospitals, strategion 17

placed in areas of growing density, together with furtlun development of assistant hospitals, are to be built; iii) new training facilities are to be provided for dentists

and dental nurses;

v) more training facilities for doctors, general end.

psychiatric nurses,

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