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out as soon as possible, if that Department is to
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perform satisfactorily the training of teachers
for secondary schools and a post-graduate diploma
course
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as already recommended by the Committee on
the Training of Teachers, whose report was recently
endorsed by the Advisory Committee on Education in
the Colonies. The local needs of Hong Kong demand
these improvements, without any reference to the
possibility of their attracting students from
China. I feel sure that the Advisory Education
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Committee agree on this point, and I think we ought
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to mention it in our talks with Dr. Sloss.
It is possible that the Medical Adviser may
have the same impression regarding some of the pro-
posals for the ultimate development of medical
studies. No doubt he will have an opportunity of
commenting on the Report.
Secondly, the figures relating to nationality
of students in Appendix 3 are most interesting and
significant. It will be seen that the number of Chin
students from Malaya was higher in 1938 than it had
ever been before, and that the number (115) is not
far short of the number of Chinese students brought
up in Hong Kong. On the other hand the number of
students who come from China after completion of
the secondary school course in China is very small.
The average number of such students during the last
three years has been only 35, and it never seems to
have exceeded 50 in any year. In Chapter 3 of the
Report the Committee admits the failure up to date
to fulfill the function of providing British Uni-
versity education for students from China. As one