CO129-511-14 The University of Hong Kong- plans for a Chinese school 25-7-1928 - 29-10-1928 — Page 23

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28 July 1928

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RECEIVED

2 6 JUL 1928

COL. OFFICE COL.OFFICE

TELEGRAM from the Officer Administering the Government of

Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 25th Jul y.

(Received, Colonial Office, 11.33 a.m., 25th July, 1928).

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Secret. My despatch Secret (2) of 21st December 1927

paragraph 5 University of Hong Kong and Chinese School

Local Chinese have subscribed about dollars 200,000 interest

of which dollars 14,000 is to be used to support Chinese

School total cost of proposed school dollars 60,000 a year.

Without provision of balance proposal must drop and position

revert to that of the end of 1926 s-ee despatch quoted

Government already contributes dollars 13,800 towards teaching

Chinese in University see Estimates 1928 page 98 Item 24.

I concur with Clementi in attaching the greatest importance

to the establishment of Chinese School and have explained the

„position to the Finance Committee which unanimously agrees to

increase grant from dollars 13,300 to dollars 46,000 for 1929

with a recommendation for continuance for a further four years

this will give time to show whether the School can be

permanently established without Government subsidy. Clementi

is fully conversant with the position and whilst averse from

Government subsidy if it could be avoided will I feel sure support

the present proposal as the only possible means of starting

Chinese School. Request telegraphic authority to include in the

Estimates and give definite decision at once to the University

which must have time to arrange work and staff for 1929.

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