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course, at a total cost of $18,500 per annum, and 29 four- year bursaries, at a total cost of $48,700 per annum, tenable for an Arts or Science course at Chinese post-secondary day colleges. Holders of bursaries will also receive a year's pro- fessional training in a Government teacher training college on completion of their four-year Arts or Science course.

114 needy pupils in Anglo-Chinese Secondary Schools and 44 needy pupils from Chinese Secondary Schools who did well in the English and Chinese School Certificate Examinations respectively, and who are likely to profit by further education, were awarded maintenance grants amount- ing to $12,435 a month. These grants, which are limited in each case to a maximum of $200 a month, enable the pupils to pursue a two-year matriculation course, tenable, in the case of the second group, at the Special Classes Centre. This Centre exists to give to students who have received their secondary education in Chinese the opportunity to reach the entrance standards of the University, whose courses and examinations are conducted in English.

The Government also awarded 150 scholarships and II free places in secondary schools on the results of the Joint Primary 6 Examination.

Higher Studies Overseas. A special committee advises and recommends students wishing to go to the United Kingdom for higher studies. The Head of the Students' Branch of the Colonial Office arranges their placing, and the Director of Hong Kong Students is responsible for their general welfare, including the arrangement of suitable contacts and hospitality. A table showing a distribution of these 1,061 students by the course which they follow is at Appendix XIII. Most of them are pursuing courses not available in Hong Kong.

In addition, 305 students went to the United States for further study, 171 to Canada, 293 to Australia, and 25 to the Republic of Ireland. Figures for Hong Kong students