19
states that the Chinese language is
of such exceptional difficulty that
two years wholly devoted to study
tea
thi
are necessary to acquire even
very
moderate proficiency comprised in a working
knowledge of a single spoken dialect and
of a few thousand of the commoner
ideograms of the written languages. In
these circumstances, it appears to me that
the considerations advanced by Lord Harlech
in the case of East Africa have
also
Even
more
re]
weight/in relation to the conditions
weight/in
obtaining in Hong Kong, and that no
practical purpose would be served by
compelling
requiring officers appointed as Crown
Counsel or Magistrates to acquire the Such
as is
Temel knowledge of Cantonese indicated
in the syllabus prescribed for the
[J?on't. The chef arpements in para 2 y The EA despakk han in fart little, if my, weight in the cuts ↑ AK,
5.1.7.7.
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first two examinations referred to in
paragraph 142(3)(a) of the General Orders.
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