TNAG-0473-FCO40-538-Hong-Kong-government-policy-on-education-1974 — Page 13

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on

HK+IOD

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your

2 December 1974 Under-Secretary by

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NOON TUESDAY

3 DECEMBER.

Mr Clemitson (Luton, Fast): 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.

J. Dand I well.

The following table shows the percentage of the indigenous population receiving full-time higher education during the years indicated:

YEAR

POPULATION

1965

3,597,900

1970

1973

3,959,000 4,159,900

UNIVERSITIES

3,912

5,225

6,352

POLYTECHNIC

COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

1,800

1,800

2,419

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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