the fore in the development of higher education
should not now, because of its initiative, be placed
at a disadvantage in comparison with other Colonies
which have hitherto done less for themselves (a point
which Sloss in his letter to MacDougall makes in
another way that self-help perhaps establishes some
sort of case for outside help). This is a very natural
feeling, but the hard fact of the limited scope of the
Colonial Development and Welfare Act remains.
And when it comes to considering nowadays the
degree of Hong Kong's self-help and the help received
ferhaps, by Hong Kong from this country, is there not a tendency
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for some in Hong Kong to forget the ultimate sources of
the money? The citizens of this country are heavily
taxed and struggling with great economic difficulties;
those of Hong Kong are comparatively lightly taxed and
enjoying very considerable prosperity.
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