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liplomatic reasons, by justified. Finally, the plan should sug¿est
the ways i w ich the social changes should be linked up with an
advance tow rds self-government and the developkent of political
education.
on the
Special emphasis should be placed in the plan
ue tion of education and technic:l and cultural relations
with China, Hong Kong University has had a respectable reputation
in the past and can claim the distinction of numbering Dr. Sun
Yat Sen omonget its pupils. But it could not be described as
first-class University and since its buildings were largely destroyed
by the Japanese, there is now @ unique chance to re-establish it
on a grend scale. There financial assistance would be required, but
the cost of one battleship might bring returns in the forum of
diplomatic prestige far greater than a mere addition to nuval-strength.
Britain's Universities are so crowded that few Chinese stadents can
go to them and many cannot afford to live in berica. A University
In Hong Kong, with first-class facilities in both the humanities and
in technical educ tion, would become great power id China. To
teach in it for a period of a few years might well be rogarded as
pleasure and a privilege for the best of Britain's younger scholars.
Hong Kong is a delightful place to live in and could give to those
who taught there an invaluable insight into the problems and outlook
of the For Køst. The technical schools could be linked up with a
government sponsored development of factories in Kowloon which could,
initially, take the form of a trading estate like those which have
been successfuly tried out in the Special reas in Britain.
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Cultured relati ns generally are equally important
Despite its wealth and ita palatial hotels, Hong Kong has no the stre
(other than that equipped by EBSA) concert hall, museum, art gallery,
or public library. The broadcasts from its radio transmitter can be
heard only within range of 30 miles. What an invaluable op ortunity
for making known, throughout Chins, the British point of view, is being
thrown away. official propagands about Britain's war effort and her
struggle for a new deal for all classes at home is practically non-
existent. Inst ad, in Họng Kɔng, the old snobbery is creeping back