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INFO PEKING,
FROM HKD
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: MR HAL MILLER MP
1. MR HAL MILLER MP (CONSERVAT I VE
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KL.
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BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH)
HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING GRAL QUESTION FOR ANSWER BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE:~
QUOTE....WHAT PROGRESS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS IN THE PROVISION OF STATE SECONDARY, FURTHER AND
HIGHER EDUCATION, UNQUOTE.
2. THE LAST PQ ON SIMILAR LINES THAT WE HAVE TRACED WAS THAT BY MR DAN JONES MP ON 18 FEBRUARY 1976 BUT THAT WAS CONCERNED WITH SECONDARY EDUCATION ONLY, SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, IT WOULD SEEM THAT AN APPROPRIATE ANSWER MIGHT CONSIST OF FIGURES FOR THE NUMBERS ENROLLED IN SECONDARY, FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATE COMPARED TO TEN YEARS EARLIER, WITH AN INDICATION OF THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN EACH CASE. IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL TO HAVE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN POPULATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
COULD YOU PLEASE SUPPLY INFORMATION ON THESE LINES?
3. FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES WE INTEND TO DRAW UPON THE RELEVANT PASSAGES IN THE GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT TO LEGCO ON 6 OCTOBER LAST BUT, WITH REGARD TO THE SHORT-FALL IN THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE A REPLY TO STEWART'S LETTER OF 7 MARCH TO THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. ANY QUOTE CRITICAL UNQUOTE SUPPLEMENTARIES MIGHT FOCUS ON THE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL AND ON DROP OUTS. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE TO SUBMIT NOTES CONTAINING THE RELEVANT REPLIES TO MR ROBERT PARRY'S QUESTIONS ON 8 DECEMBER LAST (YOUR TELNO 1214
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