CO129-524-2 Hong Kong University- financial position- Chinese studies- future of the Chinese school and the Annual... 27-1-1930 - 12-8-1930 — Page 103

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that the project included a class for teaching Cantonese.

have been no protests or comments, but equally there have been no

subscriptions. It is true that we did not definitely ask for any.

If it is thought that to include the class in the scheme for the

school would endanger the collection of money for the school, then

perhaps Government would guarantee the cost of the scheme for a

period of say five years, but I am including in the scheme the

necessary provision for the Cantonese Class.

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If we cannot collect the necessary funds and have to

resort at the close of this year to the previous arrangement under.

which the only Chinese teaching provided in the University is

teaching in the Arts Faculty up to the Intermediate stage, then

it will, I think, have to be seriously considered whether the

University is an institution which has any claim to maintain a

general Chinese class, though the University would doubtless be

willing to continue to receive the cadets and to continue to have

in the University a class for their instruction, provided the ex-

penses of the class were found by Government. That I mean is that

oven though the University wore faced by lack of funds practically

to ignore Chinose as a subject of study, Government. might still

hold that there were advantages in sending the cadets to the Uni-

versity which this noglcct of Chinese did not altogether vitiate.

On the other hand if the University makes practically no provision

for the teaching of Chinese to Chino so students, it would perhaps

bo a little anomalous for it to offer Chinese instruction to

foreigners generally.

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Now as to the staff. I am assuming that from the Govern-

ment Vernacular Middle School and cl sowhere there will be a regular

supply of students to the proposed Chinese School. I am told that

th annual supply will b not less than five and that it may bę

moro. At any rate there will be, after the scheme has been running

for three years, four classes to be provided for. I am told that

When all the four classes are working the following staff will bc

required:-

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