CO129-538-2 Hong Kong University 23-6-1932 - 15-3-1933 — Page 227

No. 513.

Sir,

RECEIVED

19DEC 1932

L. OFFIOR

31.

324

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG, 18th November, 1932.

23 on

82447/38

With reference to the final paragraph of

Lord Passfield's despatch No.130 of the 30th April,

1931, on the subject of the teaching of the

Chinese language and literature in the University

and Schools of Hong Kong, I have the honour to

inform you that the report of the Special Committee

appointed to advise on the teaching of Chinese,

copies of which were forwarded to the Under

Secretary of State with the Colonial Secretary's

29 third personal note of 26th July, 1932, has now

been fully considered by the Government and by the

University authorities. I enclose copies of

memoranda prepared by the Registrar of the

University and by the Director of Education

indicating the action already taken to implement

the recommendations of the Special Committee.

2. The special grant of $25,000 in aid of

the School of Chinese which appears as item 32

under Head 31 of the Estimates for 1932 has been

omitted from the 1933 Estimates, and the new

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G. B. E., M.C., M.P.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

Department