CO129-306 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [8-9] — Page 673

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Goverment Mouse,

Hongkong, 34th. September, 1901.

I have the honour to forward a letter

received from Eight of the leading Chinese Gentlemen of the

nolozure No.1. March 1901.

Colony, praying that facilities might be afforded them for

securing for the children of the better class Chinese a good

English education, their reasons for desiring a special

school being given. I deferred dealing with this until the

general question was being considered, but remembering that

1 the better classes of Chinese are quite as anxious as any

Europeans to preserve their children from contact with

children of a lower class, intimate communication with whom

would be prejudicial to their moral character, I sympathise

with the desire of the writers, and hape to receive mthority

to meet their views as well as those of the European Petition-

ers for a separate school.

2.

The question might present itself that

the wealthy Chinese could themselves engage the teachers; bat

I do not think that they could secure the same class of

teachers and the same continuity that would result from the

‚employment of teachers by the Goverment.

5.

ME RIGHT HONOURAKLE

JOSETE CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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I entirely agree with the remarks of the

Inspector

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