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The stipulation of the Secretary of State is also a condition of Mr. Ho Tung, viz:- "The school to be open to all, Chinese or others, who are anxious to learn English and are prepared to pay the necessary fees"
A free Anglo-Chinese school has existed for years at Yaumati; where Chinese, resident in the peninsula, have the opportunity of acquiring Elementary English. Hitherto the accommodation has exceeded the demand.
If the Chinese population of Kowloon were clamoring for English education and unable to get it, there would appear to be some reason for paying predominant attention to their needs in the proposed new school.
The real demand however is from the British population, and so long as the Chinese are not deliberately excluded, they have no reason to complain of the neglect of their educational interests.
It is true that the English master and mistress could not undertake lessons in Translation and Explanation.
The appointment of a Chinese Assistant to instruct Chinese boys in these subjects, is a detail that might be left to the consideration of the Governing Body of the Kowloon School, when the demand should arise.
These lessons could be given in the afternoon when they would least interfere with the general routine.
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