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and that the experiment should be tried of establishing a Technical School in the Colony for both sexes and all creeds. Let Hong-Kong be the seat of learning for all China.
Impart to Chinese children a knowledge of things they cannot acquire in their own Country. The Chinese language
is one which takes a life-time to learn and we hear of men
of the age of ninety competing in examinations in China.
Is it not better therefore that the rising generation of
the Chinese Community in Hong-Kong should be given such
an education that would make them a valuable asset to that
Community as well as to the Colony in general than they
should be sages in a study that benefits no one?
MN Barklic
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