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but the Commission appear to be inclined to
obliterate the difference to allow the
teaching of English in the higher standards
of the Vernacular Schools i.e.
Government Anglo Chinese Schools
to
Vernacular Schools
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already noted
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and whilst insisting on the importance
of employing English masters in the Anglo
Chinese Schools (whether Government or aided
Schools) to give Government aid to a limited
number of elementary Anglo Chinese Schools
under Chinese masters.
I am not qualified to criticise
what is proposed as I have no first-hand
knowledge of local conditions, but I note
that, in Sir G.G. Smith's opinion, "the
teaching of English in a Vernacular School
for Chinese would result in the worst kind
of smattering"; and, however this may be,
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