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similar line had also been taken by the non-communist press
and petitions from twenty-three heads of local organisations
and prominent citizens in the New Territories had been
received protesting against the proposed establishment of a
Communist School in that area. On 13 September the Governor
reported (Hong Kong telegram 1076) that of the twenty-five
new Communist schools already mentioned, twenty-one were
known to be already operating. Four of these had been duly
registered:
a further seven had submitted formal applications
for registration, which were being processed;
eight had not
yet submitted their application forms to the Education
Department; two had not yet notified the education authorities
of their desire to operate. The remaining four schools had
not yet started to operate and had not notified the Education
Department of their desire to do so. The Governor added that
there was no sign of any further schools being planned and that
the Communists appeared to have reached their target for the
current year.
The number of children attending these new
schools is very roughly estimated at 2,790. This brings the
total number of children in Communist schools to approximately
27,500 which represents some 2.4 per cent of the tdal school
population as compared with approximately 1.9 per cent last
year.
Keasures proposed by the Governor
5. The following measures were proposed in Hong Kong
telegram No. 1067:-
/ (a) The opening
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