Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1992

Parents' occupation Study environment cent p l an t o t a ke u p s u mm er o r p a r t - t i me j o bs t o h e lp p r o v i de f o r t h e ir e d u c a t i on expenses. Home Environment S o me 3 6 p e r c e nt o f the students l i ve i n K o w l o o n, a n o t h er 4 1 p e r cent i n t he N e w T e r r i t o r i e s, a n d 2 2 per cent o n H o ng K o ng I s l a n d. N e a r ly h a lf o f t h em ( 4 6 .7 p e r cent) l i ve i n p r i v a te h o u s i n g, w h i le s ome 41 p e r c e nt l i ve i n p u b l ic h o u s i ng estates. T h e average h o u s e h o ld size is 4 . 9 persons a nd t he average n u m b er o f s i b l i n gs is 2.2. T h e o v e r a ll average l i v i ng area per p e r s on is 8 .3 square metres, w h i ch is s l i g h t ly s ma l l er t h an that o f the p r e v i o us year ( 9 . 2 square metres). H o w e v e r, n e a r ly 37 p e r cent o f the students d o n o t h a ve a f a v o u r a b le s t u dy environment at h o m e. T h is m ay p a r t ly e x p l a in w hy close t o 72 p e r cent o f t he r e s p o n d e n ts h a ve e x p r e s s ed a s t r o ng desire f o r c a m p us a c c o mm o d a t i o n . Choice of Programmes, Expectation, Extracurricular Activities As m a ny as 95 per c e nt o f the students s u r v e y ed h a ve c h o s en t h e ir m a j or p r o g r a mm es o u t o f interest, a n d s ome 70 per cent b e l i e ve that t h e ir c h o s en m a j or w i ll l e ad t o a p r o m i s i ng career. E x a m i n a t i on results h a ve p l a y ed a part in the c h o i ce o f m a j o rs f or 5 7 .3 per c e nt of the respondents, a nd 20.5 p e r c e nt o f t h em h a ve b e en i n f l u e n c ed b y f a m i ly e x p e c t a t i o n s . A b o ut 9 7 per cent o f the r e s p o n d e n ts h o pe t o s t u dy a s u b j e ct o f t h e ir o w n interest at u n i v e r s i t y. S o me 9 2 p e r c e nt e x p e ct t o o b t a in s p e c i a l i z ed t r a i n i ng i n u n i v e r s i t y, a nd 8 5 . 9 p e r cent e x p e ct a u n i v e r s i ty e d u c a t i on w h i ch c an assist t h em i n p e r f e c t i ng t h e ir characters. S o me 6 9 p e r c e nt o f the students p u t emp h a s i o n a c q u i r i ng an a l l - r o u nd e d u c a t i o n, a nd m o st o f t h em FRESHMEN IN PROFILE 24