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Here were

Kiner teachers in the school

who could not creak English, and that

owle only a

suunti crocortion of the sımall

Aurils actually learnt

F

English.

The following day Its Lowerck,

an unttficial member

the Legislative Council, said he was

slways under the impresion that the main foject of the

Government scherne of

HongKons

Education in

was the teaching of English

to the Chinese boys and I find that

a similar view

view is universally

universally held

by the European Community

8.

From chinere shopkeepers

and other native residents, I had, for some time past, heard complaints

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partly at

this subject, and it was their suggestion I had specially

looked into it.

In visiting the

Government village Schools I coulda

not find a single Government Tencher who sloke English. In those schools the English exeating standard is even lower than I found it in the Central School.

9.

I attack no blame to Mr

Stewart on

to

any one else result. M. May the servior Slice Magistrate and other old residents

for this

of Stong kong tell me that the Chinese

were better

Youth of the Colony instructed in Englia! fifte