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It is surprising te om that His Majesty's Government has failed
to recognise the immense potential importange of the Hong Kong
University for promoting British influence and trade is China.
Properly voed there is no other agency which can compare with it. In
reference to the questione (nsted above) from the Secretary of State,
I have conferred with Trofessor Forster (K\ucation Branch of Arts
Faculty, Hong Kong University) and with Er, Bilcenk,Hen (soretary,
University China Comwaittee, and I submit the following suggestionsi-
That the Dearetery of State should use his in Quence to induce
the fæpire Marketting Baard to rmpognise the importance of
the University for British trake in the Far East and provide
a certain number si scholarships for Chinese studanta from
Chine to less Fong, end enlarge the engineering faoulty, whí ciła
at Fresent has about 20 students,
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That he shoula al po vas his infivence to obtain a grant from
the Celocial Covalsprant Fund te weet capital expenditure,
(extension er buildingn s*.,)
Also to obtain out of the 2:00,000 mllotted to tùm
Universities China Committee a certain number of schelarskipa
fer Yone Long Fradualez frøs the axintanu af Ming in British
Universities, and to be sttached to industries here. fires
in Cermany and is America gladly attach Chinese am learners,
and so gat orders for machinery ko,, on their return, Very
few british fires have done so, fearing they might devul gə
trade secrets!
Valuable assietanze te chineze graduates who wish to coma to
England for a post gradusta osursa would be afforded if steamship
lings would give free (or greatly reduced) passages to students
coming to England, especially in the off-asasen when cacaonzere are
faw. The Blue Tunnel Line have very generously done so. The ♪ & 0.
+ The Hong Kong degree is the only one accepted by British
Universities. Its high standard is r‐ongnised,
and
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