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you report will go a long way towards drawing
the teeth of Communist criticism.
I am
particularly pleased to see the progress which
has been made in the educational field and to
note that by 1971 there will be primary school
places for all in Government or Government-aided
schools.
but
is a major achievement, the
the secondary
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same objective must be pursued at higher levels
of education, never forgetting, however, the
importance of ensuring that jobs are available
for people when they finally leave school.
This is perhaps the most challenging aspect of
all to the resolution of which I know that you
teo attach high importance.
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& 3. I know that you have under study means by
padrapate to a which the people of Hong Kong may be permitted
greater extent in the machnery of government to exercise a greater sense of participation in
the governing of the Colony] without, of course,
giving the Chinese Government any excuse to
claim that we are altering the status of
is bemy altered
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Hong Kong I look forward to hearing in due
are now formulating course of the proposals you have to make in the
light of the studies which have, I know,
been undertaken.
In this connection I am also
greatly encouraged by the immediate success of
the City District Officer Scheme launched last
year. This should be of much assistance to
your Government in identifying at an early stage
the situations and problems that can so quickly
arouse public feeling in heavily populated urban
areas, as well as providing a channel for
sounding public opinion on Government measures
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