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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on

2 December 1974

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your 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 was the percentage of children between the ages of five years and 15 years receiving full-time education in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong in the years 1965, 1970 and 1973.

The table below shows the percentage of children between the ages of 5 and 15 years who were receiving full-time education during the years indicated. It has been produced in three sections to show primary and post-primary distribution in this age range:-

1965

1970

1973

5-11 age group Numbers in age group Enrolment (full-time)

694,200

747,500 694,000

484,858

642,587 654,155

Percentage of age group enrolled

69.849%

85.96% 94.26%

12-15 age group

Numbers in age group

312,900 391,900 444,800

Enrolment (full-time)

200,101

288,362 334,683

Percentage of age

group enrolled

63.95%

73.58% 75.24%

5-15 age group

Numbers in age group 1,007,100

Enrolment (full-time)

1,139,400

1,138,800

684,959

930,949

979,838

Percentage of age

group enrolled

68.01%

81.71%

86.04%

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