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28th March, 1930.
By dear Guillemard,
Mayhew, a Director of the Advisory Committee on
Education at the Colonial Office,consulted me the other day as to the possibility of obtaining funds for the Hong Kong University by a public appeal. I had already spoken to Fasafield as to an increase in the sum which would be given from the Boxer Indemnity, but without success.
I told ayhew that in view of the present rate of income-tax and trade depression I did not think there was a chance of getting anything by an appeal in this country. But I pointed out that at our last meeting of the ducation Committee, at which instead, Director of Education in Malaya was present and we discussed education in that Colony, there were numerous references in the Report to the value of the Hong-Kong University to the advanced students of the secondary schools and colleges in alaya, and I thought it might be possible to obtain some donations from the wealthy Chinese there, the more so that they subscribed most generously to the original endowment of the University, and Lok Yeu headed the list.
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I should be grateful if you would tell me whether you think that it would be of any use making such an appeal, in which we should, I know, have the enthusiastic support of Clementi, the present Governor, who said in a letter to me the other day that his chief regret at leaving long long was his interest in the University.
I spoke also for a moment yesterday to Dir William Peel, the Governor Designate of liong Kong.
I think it would be worth while taking the attempt, and I should be very grateful if we could have your endorsement
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