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that cord be dow vien the linlue of Sho
made available
to widen and cared nas tervenday's activister, not only for the benefit of Hong Kong, but in the interests of
friendly relations with China.
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Report was accepted by the Governor and sent with his strong
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support to the Secretary of State. realised that even the very modest proposals for development that it ventured to make would cost far more than was a fuår and
charge on Colonial resourets that if the political function of the University was regarded as of importance, it was essential that His M.jesty's Government should help both by
way of an inbbial gremo 20. defelopment and of annual grants
for maintenance.
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F.Û: azt APPROVAL.
The Vice-Chancellor was deputed to
visit London in the University vacation
of 1939. The Colonial Office was disposed to support the schemes cr development and aided very materially in gaining the good will or the Foreign Office.
The outbreak of war put an end to converanting, bub the
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Secretal, af for the Colonies in a letter to the Covemor of Hong Kong dated Noveho oth, 1933, gave his approval the scheme of development, suggested that a beginning
should be made towards its achieving, and quoteú
the
Secretary of State for Forelyn Affairs, Lord Halifax, as sharing his view and being of the opinion that "the
University was a valuable instrument for propagating British ideals
Pests and spreading British influence in China, and that it
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