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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1286 OF 30 DECEMBER/INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (F C O PLEASE PASS).

YOUR TELNO 1116.

MR DAN JONES M.P.. MATERIAL FOR WRITTEN ANSWERS:

(A) THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 38,500 ADULT STUDENTS STUDYING

ENGLISH PART-TIME IN EVENING CLASSES UNDER VARIOUS AUSPICES:

1,000 ATTEND EXTRA-MURAL CLASSES RUN BY HONG KONG UNIVERSITY: 6,000 ATTEND CLASSES IN THE EVENING INSTITUTE AND 1,500 ATTEND THE EVENING SECONDARY SCHOOL WHICH USES ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, BOTH OF WHICH ARE OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRIVATELY OPERATED EVENING SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND 20,000 IN PRIVATELY RUN ENGLISH TUTORIAL CLASSES OPERATING IN

THE EVENING.

WHILE DETAILS OF THE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF THESE 38,500 ADULT STUDENTS STUDYING ENGLISH ARE NOT AVAILABLE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE MAJORITY ARE EMPLOYED IN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

DURING THE DAY AND SEEK TO BETTER THEIR PROSPECTS BY STUDYING ENGLISH IN THE EVENING. AT LEAST 99% OF THESE ADULT EVENING STUDENTS ARE CHINESE.

(B) HONG KONG IS CO-OPERATING WITH THE U.N., INTERPOL AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION IN TACKLING THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM. A LIAISON OFFICER FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE WAS POSTED TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT BANGKOK IN NOVEMBER 1973 TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH ARE THE SOURCE OF DRUGS ENTERING HONG KONG. THE NARCOTICS BUREAU OF THE POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED AND ITS PRIORITIES REASSESSED.

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