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educating Chinese in Western ways, and especially on the
instruction of promising young men in technical industries in
Great Britain. It is an open question whether it is good for a young Chinese to be brought up so long in a foreign
country that he becomes almost an alien to his own, nd
there is for that reason quite a respectable body of opinion in favour of supporting the Hong Kong University and other
similar institutions in China which are well acquainted with
the needs of the country"
2.
When the British Chamber of Commerce in China met
in Shanghai in 1923, certain resolu-tions were carried
unanimously, among these resolutions were the following:-
"That as regards the application of the funds to
be devoted to educational work, this Conference adheres
generally to the views expressed in the report adopted by the last Conference of Chambers (as amplified by the memorandum
feceived by the Conference from the invited educationalists)
under which first place was given to the support of secondary
schools in China under British control, with subsidiary
provision for the development of feeder schools and with as ample provision as possible for scholarships from the feeder primary schools to the secondary schools, from the latter to the University of Hong Kong, and in appropriate cases (more especially for post graduate work) to Universities in Great
Britain"
"That this Conference would be glad to see the
University of Hong Kong placed in a position financially to
meet the obligations likely to be placed upon it"
3.
The most urgent need of the University at the
moment is the e stablishment of a Faculty of Chinese studies.