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Lord Shepherd adequately.
If however you feel that this should be handled differently or referred out to Hong Kong, perhaps we could discuss.
Other Points raised by Director of Education
4.
The following additional points were raised during my talk with the Director of
Education:-
(i) Mr. Gregg considered that Mr. Canning was quite capable of taking over as Director. He was a good administrator. The difficulty
was that some of the senior Chinese in the
Department were related to some of the Unofficial
Members.
(ii) Mr. Gregg complained of too rigid Secretariat control, contrasting his position unfavourably with that obtaining in an African
colony on the eve of independence. Nevertheless
he is reconciled to the suggestion that visiting experts should examine the relationship between the Department and the Secretariat and its general administrative set-up.
(iii) Mr. Gregg complained that Hong Kong
obtained no aid of any kind from the United Kingdom
towards education. He argued strongly for some public gesture. He proposed to ask for advice on the expansion of technical education but he feared he would have to pay even for this. The UK Government had been unwilling even to meet a bill for £178 towards advice on adult education.
(iv) Mr. Gregg said that there was a
£1 million programme for building and equipment for a training centre for technical teachers on a regional basis. He did not quarrel with Dr. Cheung's advocacy of expanded technical
education except that he was nervous of a technological university, for which there was no room in addition to the existing universities. Instead they were going for technical courses leading to one year short of full university qualifications.
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