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interests of the U.K. I should like you to
know that, should such a situationsavise, It
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would regard it as a particular responsibility
of myself and my Ministerial colleagues in-
this office to see that H.M.G. took that
account of Hong Kong's interests which our
special responsibilities towards Hong Kong
require and that,if on occasion it may be
that we cannot meet you in full, it will
only have been after due consideration at
Ministerial level.
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But I am sure that you will agree that,
if we are to be successful in our joint aim
of seeing that Hong Kong ets due credit
for her achievements, it is important
that
we should be seen to be responding to the
needs of a continuingly developing
situation in the Colony.
5.
There are in this connexion three
matters in the social field where an advance
seems to me both possible and important.
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from theend I have in view and I would be
grateful if you could consider them as a
matter of urgency:
(i) Education
I believe that an early announce-
ment of the introduction of compulsory
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primary education, free of charge,
would do much to improve Hong Kong's
"image" both in this country and
elsewhere. It is my understanding
that such an announcement would also
meet with general approval in the
Colony itself now that a new public
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