Christianity Among Hong Kong Universities Students
According to the Hong Kong University Grant Committee statistics, as of school year 2010/2011, there are about one quarter (24.3%) of Universities student are Christian, including 21.4% are Protestant Christian and 2.9% are Catholic Christian. Compared with the general public (10% are Christian), university students are 2.5 times more likely to be a Christian than the general public.
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