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Primary

11,595

(12,678)

Secondary (up to Form V)

(including commercial/English

41,864

(45,022)

tutorial classes)

Form VI

8,738

(8,580)

62,197

(66,280)

This represents approximately 6 per cent of total enrolment (government,

aided and private) in the primary, secondary and sixth-form sectors.

A necessarily cautious estimate suggests that total enrolment in

adult education activities of all kinds (cultural, vocational,

educational and recreational) in Hong Kong, including figures for

part-time attendance in evening schools and in the Polytechnic and

the technical institutes, is somewhat more than a quarter of a million,

or between four and five per cent of the total population.

2.77 University and Polytechnic Grants Committee

Both

universities and the Polytechnic have resources of their own but are

largely financed by the government. Because of the importance attached

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to developing university and polytechnic facilities and the large public

funds involved the government relies on the University and Polytechnic

Grants Committee (UPGC), appointed by the Governor, to provide

impartial and expert advice on the amount of finance required to

develop or sustain any level of higher education activity. The UPGC

also advises the government on the allocation of funds among the

universities and the Polytechnic. Funds are made available by means

of block grants, provided over a planning period of three years.

On receipt of the block grant it is for the individual institutions

to allocate resources internally, taking into account any views or

guidance given by the UPGC. Further details are given elsewhere in

this report.