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vacation leave. The cost of these courses is in the region of $900,000.

The Government also takes the fullest possible advantage of the seminars, study tours and other forms of training provided by the United Nations and its specialized agencies under both the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the regular technical assistance programmes of individual agencies. During 1958 local participants, including both govern- ment servants and non-officials, attended seminars concerning the Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Law and Procedure (Manila), and Regional Planning in Relation to Urbanization and Industrialization (Japan), both under the auspices of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration; an International Labour Office seminar on Co-operation (Rangoon); a Food and Agricultural Organization training centre on Agriculture Extension Work (Philippines); and seminars on Resistance of Insects to Insecticides (India) and Venereal Diseases Control (Japan), and a Training Course on Public-Health Laboratory Techniques for Virus and Rickettsial Diseases (India), all organized by the World Health Organization. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization made a Youth Travel Grant (Europe and America) to a university student; the World Health Organiza- tion granted fellowships for the study of Drug Addiction (U.S.A.) and Dental Nursing (New Zealand); and the Technical Assistance Administration granted a fellowship in Demographic Training (India) to a graduate of the University. The International Labour Office, under the Expanded Programme, supplied a fellowship in the Organization of Cottage Industries (Japan) and provided the services of an expert in Training Within Industry. Visits were paid to Hong Kong during the year by officials of the various United Nations organizations to discuss training needs, etc., and to observe the Colony's social and economic development.