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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
17th January, 1941.
ther all Police Stations enter that definition may be doubted: in the public mind they are added cost of government-as distinct from public benefits. The Fisheries Research station and the proposed Agricultural Experiment Station call for ac- ceptance. Public health is to be served by the long overdue as- sumption by Government of the removal of nightsoil. Some criticism is justified of the still inadequate provision for educa- tion:
need many districts schools. To be sure, there is
while but, funds are limited and de- velopment must be restrict- ed there is a psychological factor of which Government could take some advantage. Un- avoidably heavy expenditure pro- gressively produces in the public mind a sense of greater capacity to afford. Exploiting that "might-as-well" feeling, Govern- ment can accomplish much more than in times of saving-elevat- ing the Colony, with the aid of the war, to a higher level civilisation.
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