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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.648 OF 29 JUNE.
FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT.
YOUR TELNOS.486 AND 492 : P.Q: MR NEWENS M.P.
1. SUGGESTED REPLY IS AS FOLLOWS.
2. QUOTE IT IS ESTIMATED, BY COMPARING THE NUMBER OF ENROLMENTS WITH THE 1976 BI-CENSUS POPULATION FIGURES, THAT ABOUT 6,300 (6,300) CHILDREN, OR ONE POINT TWO PERCENT, OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE MAY NOT BE ATTENDING SCHOOL. A SUBSTANTIAL
PROPORTION OF THESE ARE FROM WATERBORNE FAMILIES WHICH HAVE
NO LAND ADDRESS. UNQUOTE.
3. I HOPE YOU CAN MANAGE TO GIVE US MORE NOTICE OF P.Q'S IN
FUTURE.
MACLEHOSE
FILES HKGD (5)
FED
OLA
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/MR.LUARD
MR.CORTAZZI
MR.MURRAY
COPIES TO:
MR.S.T.KIDD,
HKGO.
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