contained in Sir Ralph Stevenson's despatch to the
Foreign Office No. 1025 of the 27th August 1946
(a copy of this despatch formed the 8th enclosure
to my despatch No. 267 of the 23rd December 1946, but
a further copy is enclosed with this savingram for ease
of reference), and have recommended that the final
selection should be made from the following list(the numbers are those
WATT Hoi-Kee. (30)
alhorcated to the applicants as stated
WU* Man-Hom (27) TCHENG Pao-King (34) GOLIH William Wong Chun LAI King-Shung (35) WOO Kai-Yi (36)
in para. 4 of Sir Ralph Stevensais despatch) in
Reang Calias Colin William Wong (20)
It will be seen that the F. B. I's selections correspond
with the findings of the two Selection Committees in
Shanghai and Hong Kong referred to in Sir Ralph Stevenson's
despatch No. 1025 of 27th August 1946, with the exception
that the students placed 6th and 7th on the Selection Committees'
alias List (Colin William Wong aliee/Wong Chun Keung and
Lai King-Shung have been substituted for those placed 4th and 5th
on the list (Lam On Pong&Sung Tsoong Tup). The F.B. I. have
explained that the reason for this is that both the latter
are over age and appear to be too far advanced to be
interested in the normal apprenticeship course. They are
whom
moreover both civil engineers, and the F.B.I. find
much
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considerably greater difficulty in placing than in the
case of mechanical or electrical engineers. If however
for any reason you consider that Lampong and Sung Tsoong Tup
should be given experience in this country in preference
to Wong Chun Keung and Lai King-Shung, the F. B. I. would be
prepared to examine further whether suitable arrangements
could be made. They have however suggested that it may
be quite possible that the two students concerned could
secure