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him to visit Oxford and Cambridge with
a view to stimulating interest in Hong
Kong appointments at tho se Universities.
I think you will be interested to read
the enclosed extract from a letter which
he wrote to my Private Secretary
(Appointments), Major Furse, after his
visit to Cambridge.
8. The salient fact is that
extremely few young men in this country,
of the education and type desired, are
at present prepared to consider a career
in Hong Kong. As a result of
discussions which have taken place with
University authorities and with many
candidates for African or other
appointments (whose notice at interviews
has been drawn to the vacancies in Hong
Kong), I have come to the conclusion
that this is to be attributed to a
number of deterrent influences, of
which the main ones may briefly be
summarised as follows:
(1)