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16. Sir George Moss enquired if an appeal might not be made to the
Dominions Governments in the event of His Majesty's Government
giving an adverse decision.
17. Mr. Cox thought that the Committee, in their report, should
mention the point in the alternative recommendations they would make
if the larger scheme failed.
18. Sir Herbert Eason thought that the University of Hong Kong
should be revived as a first class institution or not at all.
As to the Committee's report he felt that there would be little
prospect of obtaining Treasury support if a alternative smaller and
less expensive scheme were put forward and he thought it would be for
the Hong Kong Government to raise the question of the continued
existence of the University in those circumstances.
19.
Sir Mark Young agreed that from the point of view of the
Committee the right course was to appeal to His Majesty's Goverment
for financial aid for the larger scheme and that an alternative and
cheaper scheme should not be offered. He repeated, however, that
he thought it would be disastrous to wind up the University and
that the loss to British prestige would be immense.
20. Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune added that in his view close
intercourse with China in educational matters would be hazardous
unless the University in Hong Kong were such as to regain the respect
of the Chinese.
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21. The project of deputing Members of the Committee to go to
Confermine China for the purpose of ascertaining how far the Chinese would
welcome a reconstituted University of Hong Kong was discussed
briefly, but it was generally thought that the best time for such a
visit providing it had the approval of the Foreign Office, would be other the Committee's report had been considered by His Majesty's Government.
22. Mr. Cox then referred to two of the causes of the failure of
the University in the past which the Committee had not hitherto
studied. One concerned the difficulty of language and the other
the higher cost of living in Hong Kong.
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