CO129-531-9 Hong Kong University- proposal to found faculty of Chinese studies 17-10-1930 - 10-6-1931 — Page 30

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73055/1930.

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Downing Street,

30 Way, 1931.

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Dar Edgements,

Te have been very much interested by the

sections of the Report of the British Economic Nission

to the Far East which lay stress on the importance

of closer "cultural contacts" and of attracting

greater numbers of Chinese to British Universities

and workshops (pages AP, 104 - 107 of printed report).

We feel that the Report has presented us

with an opportunity of obtaining vider recognition

of the work that Hong Kong University has achieved

and, still more, of what it might achieve if the

necessary financial backing could be found. It is

obviously cheaper and easier to train Chinese students

at Hong Kong instead of in the United Kindom, while

they have in the Colony not only "British culture”

but also considerable facilities for practical work

J.A.P. EDGCUMRE, ESQ., C..G.. C.B.E.

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