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As an expensive luxury.
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It set out on its course with
an income of £9000 per vanum and of course quickly got
into debt. It cost the Government nerly two million
dollars to put it on its feet., but the business community
did not come to regard the place say more kindly becsuse
of that. The only possible hope of salvation is the
establishment of strong ties with the mainland, so that
can send a steady stream of graduates into Chin, and thus
cesse to be as dependent es we re on the Colony for our
supply of students and for the employment of our graduates.
That undoubtedly was the hope of the promoters, but then
the local community does not see why it should be saddled
with what ought to be an imperii burden. The vocal part
of the community is British, which is spt to forget that at
least 20% of the taxes are paid by the Chinese.
If they
were consulted the attitude towards the University would be
different. No University, as far as i can see,
I can see, can now
exist for the most part, the benefactions of private
people. fir Cecil Clementi has exhausted himself on
behalf of the University. If it is not put on a satis-
factory footing during his tenure of office I cannot
imagine that it ever will be in « position to do what it
is capable of doing.
The University is primarily meant to give our culture
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