NATIONAL
SCHEME
RECEIVED
-90CT 1430
COL. OFFIC
HOME OFFICE,
WHITEHALL.
Any communication on the subject of this letter should be addressed to-
•
THE UNDER Secretary of STATE,
HOME OFFICE,
LONDON, S.W.1.
and the following number quoted :—
162,779/24.
8th October, 1930.
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BOAGE
Sir,
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Clynes to refer to your
letter (72881/30) of the 10th September about the proposal to
start an industrial school for boys in Hong Kong and to say,
for the information of Secretary Lord Passfield, that he finds
it difficult without further knowledge of the scheme to make
any observations which would be of value to the Hong Kong
Government and in any case the conditions of the Chinese
Community in Hong Kong are likely to be so different from those
obtaining in this country that any suggestions based on
English experience may be misleading.
There are, however, certain general principles which are
probably capable of application in spite of the difference of
race and environment. For instance, Mr. Clynes observes that
it is not proposed to limit admission to the proposed
institution in Hong Kong to lads who have actually committed
offences, but to provide also for those who by reason of bad
surroundings are falling into evil ways.
Experiences of
this country would appear to justify such a plan. At present
industrial schools in England provide mainly for the neglected
type of child and reformatory schools for those who have
committed offences (though the younger children of the latter
The Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE.
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