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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for ORAL answer on 18 May 1977

HK+ GD.

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

Noon,

1

призу

Tuesday

17 May 1977

Sir Anthony Royle (Richmond): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the population of Hong Kong, the annual exports

the annual exports figure and the Hong Kong Government'. budget for 1952; what are the figures for population, annual exports and budget for 1977; if he will outline the Hong Kong Government's programme from 1977 to 1983 setting out the details of the expected growth in education, hospitals, clinics, &c.; and how the programme from 1977 to 1983 will be financed.

Mr Evan Fuard

Since the reply to the hon. Member's Question is rather detailed,

I will, with permission, circulate it in the Official Report.

For the Official Report

The population of Hong Kong in 1952 was 2.126 million and in 1976, the last date for which figures are available, 4.443 million. Annual exports, including re-exports, were HK$2,899 millions in 1952 and HK41,557 millions in 1976. The budget was HK$288 million in 1952/53 and HK$8,245 million in 1977/78.

Seventy-nine new secondary schools will be completed between 1977 and 1981. These and other measures will enable every primary school leaver from 1978 onwards to have at least 3 years' secondary

education. A new technical institute will be opened this year and

another in 1979 and places for a further 10,000 full-time or part- time students will be provided at the Hong Kong Polytechnic by 1980/81. An additional 1,800 places will be provided at the two universities in Hong Kong over the same period.

Three major hospitals will be opened between 1977 and 1984: a mental hospital with 1,300 beds; a teaching hospital with 1,200 beds; and a district hospital with 1,200 beds. A health centre which

will provide 210 additional beds and special rehabilitation facilities will be completed in 1981. In all, the number of hospital beds will be increased from 19,063 at present to 23,594 by 1984. The

completion of five new clinics and three poly-clinics in the next

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