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EDUCATION

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of 5,388 which offer some form of technical or trade training not leading to a school certificate.

There has been a steady increase in the number of pupils enrolled in all types of secondary schools held in day sessions. In September there were 186,761 such students compared with 165,999 in the previous year. During the school year 13,690 new secondary places were provided in new school buildings.

HIGHER EDUCATION

The University of Hong Kong was established in 1911 with endowments which have since been increased and a grant of land from the government, which also makes substantial recurrent and non-recurrent grants. In 1965-6 the government made capital grants of $1,111,756 and recurrent grants of $13,267,707 towards a total recurrent expenditure of $22,391,052.

Faculties and enrolments are: arts, 930; science, 348; medicine, 528; engineering and architecture, 340. The Institute of Oriental Studies has 51 language students, the education diploma and certificate courses 57 students, and the social study courses 29 students. Of this total of 2,283 students, 188 are part-time. Another 22 are external and 752 are women. Most of the undergraduates are Hong Kong Chinese, but many other nationalities are repre- sented, particularly from South-East Asian countries.

In May, 2,446 candidates entered for the university's advanced level examination, of whom 1,258 fulfilled minimum requirements for entry. A total of 555 undergraduate places were available for new students in the current academic year. The number of full- time teaching posts (including demonstratorships and tutorships) at the beginning of the academic year 1966-7 was 297. In addition, the Language School of the Institute of Oriental Studies has 16 full-time instructors. All the university's degrees in professional subjects (medicine, architecture, and civil, electrical and mechanical engineering) are on the same professional footing as those of universities in Britain. In July, the Court of the University resolved that a Faculty of Social Sciences should be constituted. The date on which the new faculty will come into operation will be announced later.