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B. Education of Chinese children in
Britain in the Chinese language
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stribution, both in this country
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intial overseas Chinese communities.
re in mind such publications as the
Kong News Digest, which is now
ibuted free to the Chinese community
is country. It is to be hoped that
tais momentum will be maintained and, if
possible, increased in the future. The
British Information network has been
working in close collaboration with the
Hong Kong Government Information Services
with a view to presenting to the world
a balanced picture of development in
Hong Kong. But in view of the
traditional independence of the Press and
other mass communications media in this
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