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Another scene showed Mei Ling's teacher urging her to attend a "union school", where she could learn Mandarin, the language of China. The teacher, clutching a red book, explained that revolution would soon come and that Hong Kong would be liberated.
Although some effort was made to balance the overall left wing message of the play, through the old mother, who recalled the family's flight from China, and a young factory worker, who reminded Mei Ling that things were not perfect in China, their performances were so muted as to be almost irrelevant.
The play ended with the girl calling on the Governor to end the exploitation of children and with her symbolically throwing down an unfinished new product - a jubilee doll.
A discussion which followed, chaired by Mr. Wright, concerned itself mainly with the play's validity on theatrical and educational terms rather than on any particular
interest in Hong Kong.
Mr. Wright, who remained objective and impartial throught the evening, reminded the audience that they should also concern themselves with questions of whether the facts included had been correctly presented and whether equally important facts had been omitted. He asked them to consider whether it was suitable for the 11 year age group for which it was intended and the responsibility of educator and artist concerned with
such projects as "Empire Made".
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