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EDUCATION

to the Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate examination. Instruc- tion is in Chinese and English is taught as a second language. For those who pass the Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate examina- tion, higher education is available at the teacher training colleges and the Technical College. In addition, a number of Chinese middle schools offer a one-year sixth form matriculation course to prepare students for entrance to the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Nine secondary technical schools give a five-year course in English with Chinese taught as a secondary language. Six of the schools are government, two are subsidized and one is private. Their total enrolment is 6,131. Like the Anglo-Chinese grammar schools they prepare their pupils for the English School Certificate examination and suitable candidates can continue their studies either in Form VI or at the Technical College. Five subsidized secondary modern schools with an enrolment of 3,426 offer a three-year secondary course with a practical bias. There are also 31 private and two subsidized secondary schools, with a total enrolment of 4,924, 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 198,972 such students compared with 186,761 the pre- vious year. During the school year 6,780 new secondary places were provided in new school buildings.

HIGHER EDUCATION

The University of Hong Kong was established in 1911 with a land grant from the government and endowments which have since been increased. Substantial grants are also made by the govern- ment towards the university's annual recurrent and non-recurrent expenditure. In 1966-7 the government made a subvention of $17,604,431 towards a total recurrent and capital expenditure of $28,531,728, the balance being found from fees and endowment funds.

Faculties and enrolments are: arts, 897; science, 390; medicine, 565; engineering and architecture, 387; social sciences, 115. In addition, the Institute of Oriental Studies has 51 language students, the education diploma and certificate courses 52 students, and the