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These
angements are not
fected
in any way by the Commonwealth
Immigrants Act of 1968
(ii) A. Recreational facilities in Britain
B. Education of Chinese children in
Britain in the Chinese language
We consider that these are matters which
should be raised through you. No indication
can be given of Her Majesty's Government's
attitude towards them since the proposals are
more the concern of other Ministries, which
would need to be consulted.
Such an approach
to other Ministries would not, however, be
undertaken in the absence of any formal
approach from you.
As you will appreciate it would run
counter to public policy in this country to
establish special schools or classes for
Chinese children, even if this were in fact
practicable for so small and scattered a
community.
The reply might say that these are
matters which must first be considered by the
Hong Kong Government, but that the Secretary
of State had expressed his willingness to
consider what assistance might be possible if
specific proposals were put to him.
(iii) Dissemination in Britain of information
about Hong Kong
There has been a noticeable increase in
the amount of material put out by the Hong
Kong Government Information Services for
distribution, both in this country and in
other countries where there are substantial
overseas Chinese communities.
We have in
mind such publications as the Hong Kong News
Digest, which is now distributed free to the Chinese community in this country.
It is to
/be hoped
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