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Mr. Sloss said that when the Colony collapsed
was given
they gave every encouragement to the students to go to Free China. About 500 went. Each one was given a statement of what he had done in the University and
would
such recommendations as they could give to facilitate the admission of the students to Chinese universities. The Japanese made a great fuss and threatened the University authorities, but the job was done.
If deres of had been contrived the escape of Dr. Gordon King, whose job
he could
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in order that was to go to China to take charge of these students
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and get them placed.
350 of them continued their
courses, and 300 completed them out of the 500 who went.
A large number joined the army; others did other
things.
The arrangements were made at very consider- able risk, but as the figures showed, the overwhelming majority of the students took advantage of then. During the whole of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong the re was nothing but a pretence of very elementary
vernacular education. The two main Government schools
on the Island were completely destroyed and they have
not been able to be brought into use.
The main chuy
Government school seross the harbour on the mainland
was still an R. A.F. hospital.
The chief missionary-
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aided school and secondary school across the herbour
was in the possession of the military eople.
school alone remains end that has been opened as It was
a
One
school
In the
a girls' school, ut now it is co-educational, internment camp matriculation examinations were held. The pupils were mainly English, but there were other European, EusasianSoye and girls and a few Chinese.
But all those people who matriculated are, three exceptions, in England following courses here: so that the residue of qualified entrants to the
University from that source is very small.
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