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1965

1970

1973

t

5-11 AGE GROUP

NUMBERS IN AGE GROUP

694,200

747,500 694,000

ENROLMENT (FULL TIME)

484,858

642,587 654,155

PER CENTAGE OF AGE GROUP ENROLLED 69.84%

85.96%

94.26%

12-15 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

ENROLMENT (FULL TIME)

1,007,100 684,959

1,139,400

930,949

1,138,800 979,838

81.71%

86.04%

PERCENTAGE OF AGE GROUP ENROLLED 68.01%

(C) THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOW THE PERCENTAGE OF THE INDIGENOUS"> POPULATION RECEIVING FULL-TIME HIGHER EDUCATION DURING THE

YEARS INDICATED:

YEAR

1965

1970

POPULATION

3,597,900

1973 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%

(D) THE RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY (PER THOUSAND LIVE BIRTHS) IN -HONG KONG FOR THE SAME THREE YEARS WAS AS FOLLOWS:-

1965

1970

23.7

19.6

1973

16.8

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