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IMMEDIATE

CYPHER CAT/A

FM HONG KONG 22074OZ

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL.

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22 MAR 1977

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TOP. COPT

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 307 OF 23 MARCH

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

MY TELEGRAM NO 302 OF 22 MARCH,

PLEASE REPLACE SUD-PARA (3) TO READ AS FOLLOWS

REF.

TYPE OF

EDUCATION

PLACES IN 1966-67

PLACES IN

1976-77

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

(3) HIGHER

A) UNIVERSITIES

4,480

8,500

93.2%

(B) POLYTECHNIC (F) ( 3,520) FULL-TIME 7,768 FULL-TIME 120.5%

EQUIVALENT

STUDENTS

EQUIVALENT

STUDENTS

TOTAL HIGHER

TOTAL

7,928

89,720

16,260 299,560

185.3%

233.9%

TOTAL POPULATION 3,629,900

4,443,800

22.4%

12 21

662,300

1,957,800

59.7%

NOTE (F) SHOULD BE AMENDED TO READ:

''THE FIGURE FOR 1966-67 IS THAT FOR THE FORMER TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND DERIVED BY USING THE CURRENT FORMULA FOR CALCULATING

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT. STUDENTS UNDER WHICH PART-TIME DAY RELEASE STUDENTS ARE COUNTED AS 1/3 FULL-TIME AND EVENING STUDENTS AS 1/6 FULL-TIME. THE POLYTECHNIC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1972 AND TOOK OVER THE WORK OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE,'' MACLEHOSE

FILES

CLA

MR CORTA Z.Z /

PS/MR LUARD

HKD (3) PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTIDENTIAL

FED

COPIES TO

MR KID HK BOUTON

LONDON