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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 309 OF 24 MARCH

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS).

YOUR TEL NO. 212 OF 23 MARCH.

THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC

OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS AS FOLLOWS:

1973-74

1974-75

1975-76

2,419

3,488

4,279

1976-77

4,741'

989 STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE PURSUING PART-TIME COURSES, GRADUATED FROM THE POLYTECHNIC IN JULY 1976. THE GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT

SURVEY, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY NOVEMB 1976, SHOWED THAT 759 GRADUATES (76.6%) WERE IN EMPLOYMENT AT THAT TIME AND 179 GRADUATES (18.1%) WERE PURSUING FURTHER STUDIES LOCALY OR ABROAD. THE REMAINING 52 (5.3%) WERE EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR THEIR OCCUPATION WAS NOT KNOWN.

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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

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MR CORTAZZI

COPIES TO:

EDUCATION ADVISER ODM

MR KIDD

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE

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