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The Chairman said that Professor Channon,
in his letter, had pressed the view very
strongly that the Committee should recognise the
fact that there is going to be a University at
Singapore and decisions should be made in the
light of that fact. The Chairman said that,
in establishing a Malayan University, the C.0.
would do it properly and that nobody would come
to Hong Kong University from outside. He.
said that if the alternative was adopted the
Committee should at once give up the idea of a
University as a means of bringing to
bear influences on the friendliness of China.
Mr. Cox was of the opinion that there was
no excuse for establishing a second-class
University. Mr. Sloss considered that a
joint University for Malaya and Hong Kong was
no more reasonable than suggesting a joint
body for Yugoslavia and Sweden. Mr. Sloss
said that special regard should be given to
the Malayans and it would eventually mean that
development will have to be specifically
Malayan, i.e. on matters of language, religion,
culture, or based on characteristics (racial):
the protection of Malayans against the
competition of the Chinese and Indians of
Malaya, and the
of Malaya has become
politically of prime importance. He thought
the only hope for the rehabilitation of the
people in Malaya was the establishment of a
first-rate educational system on the same
scale as a University.
The Chairman said that if there was a
first-class University in Hong there would be
a considerable immigration of Chinese from
Malaya.