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educating Chinese in Western ways, and especially on the

instruction of promising young men in technical industries in

Great Britain. It is an open question whether it is good for a young Chinese to be brought up so long in a foreign

country that he becomes almost an alien to his own, nd

there is for that reason quite a respectable body of opinion in favour of supporting the Hong Kong University and other

similar institutions in China which are well acquainted with

the needs of the country"

2.

When the British Chamber of Commerce in China met

in Shanghai in 1923, certain resolu-tions were carried

unanimously, among these resolutions were the following:-

"That as regards the application of the funds to

be devoted to educational work, this Conference adheres

generally to the views expressed in the report adopted by the last Conference of Chambers (as amplified by the memorandum

feceived by the Conference from the invited educationalists)

under which first place was given to the support of secondary

schools in China under British control, with subsidiary

provision for the development of feeder schools and with as ample provision as possible for scholarships from the feeder primary schools to the secondary schools, from the latter to the University of Hong Kong, and in appropriate cases (more especially for post graduate work) to Universities in Great

Britain"

"That this Conference would be glad to see the

University of Hong Kong placed in a position financially to

meet the obligations likely to be placed upon it"

3.

The most urgent need of the University at the

moment is the e stablishment of a Faculty of Chinese studies.