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Commissioners the expenditure upon these two schools does not
warrant the maintenance of both in the same area, and they
recommend the closing down of the Victoria British School and
the amalgamation of the pupils with those of quarry Bay School,
viere there is sufficient accommodation, and where the school
itself is of more modern construction. It might be necessary
to transfer one member of the Staff from Victoria British to
Quarry Bay School. Transport is now so excellent that it wi11
en tail no hardship for the children, who formerly attended
Victoria British School, to go to Quarry Bay School. It might
be possible in the future for the Government to open a primary
school to serve the western districts of Hong Kong.
20. The building and site of Victoria British School could
either be sold, or form the site of a new and much needed
District School to serve the Chinese population of the eastern
districts of Hong Kong.
21.
VERNACULAR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The Commissioners have considered the evidence which
has been laid before them on the subject of this school,
and have come to the conclusion that under present conditions
the school is a luxury. In the scope of its work it is not
different from King's College, to which it is in close proximity.
Greater attention is paid to the Chinese Classics, but English
is also taught. The Commissioners feel that the policy of the
Government in vernacular education should follow that of the
Nationalist Government of China, and that the somewhat special
education, which is given at the Vernacular Middle School,
should not be provided by Government. However praiseworthy it
may be to preserve the classics it is not the business of
Government to do 30. The primary concern af Government in
education is to give to its youthful citizens the mental
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