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studies in Chinese with a modern critical approach, undertaken by men who have had an adequate training in English, taught by men skilled in the methods and the philosophy of the West. I should have valued an opportunity of putting before the Sub-committee of the Scarborough Committee a statement of what we have done and what we hope to do. Further the Colonial Division of the British Council has, I understand, a project for work in Hong Kong which should link easily with the work of the Chinese and English Departments of the University. The existence
of a good English Department seems to me to be a relevant consideration in the discussion of this subject.
I must not be understood to be trying to state a case against a British Institute in Peking. I strongly favour this, but I cannot see that the fulfilment of the plan would in any way affect our proposals for a really soundly conceived British University in Hong Kong which would aim, not only at Chinese studies in literature, philosophy and history, and at comparative studies in literary form and aesthetic judgement but at the wider range of studies in the arts, Science and professional subjects that our Report outlines.
I hope the fascination that Peking exercises on almost all who visit it is not going to induce some thing less than a fair estimate of what Hong Kong can do towards maintaining friendly feeling in China.
Yours since re ly,
Sgd.
D. J. Sloss.