CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 85

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Extract from Heaykang Laily Press of 20th horumbes 1428

I have found them reasonable in every respect, and no man could desire more. You have all the qualities that make for success, and you are making it, and ther is the additional satisfac- tion in Hongkong that, notwithstanding that there are so many representatives of many different nationalities, they have coalesced, and find no difficulties among them. They are all putting their shoulder to the wheel and moving forward with a common object of for- warding the interests of the Colony. It is a great honour and great gratification to me that the Chinese portion of the community have determined to establish these two scholarships. I shall always look back upon the fact that you have done so with very great pride, and with equal pride shall I remember

that you will bave my portrait in that splendid monument of Chinese charity, the new wing of the Tung Wa Hospital.

I thank you for your thoughts and the way in which you think it advisable to mark your approval of my administration. I accept your most generous offer with great gratification and pleasure, and I thank you warmly for the feelings you have expressed toward me, and which may tell you are heartily and warmly reciprocated (Applause).