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2 December 1974
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Mr Clemitson (Luton, East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of the indigenous population of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong were receiving full-time higher education after the age of 16 years in 1965, 1970 and 1973.
No 118W
MR DAVID ENNALS
The following table shows the percentage of the indigenous population receiving full-time higher education during the years indicated:
YEAR
POPULATION
1965
1970
1973
3,597,900
3,959,000
4,159,900
UNIVERSITIES
3,912
.5,225
6,352
POLYTECHNIC
1,800
1,800
2,419
COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
931
1,166
1,190
OTHER POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES
2,431
4,401
5,773
TOTAL STUDENTS
9,074
12,592
15,734
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS TO
POPULATION
0.25%
0.32%
0.38%
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