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It has already been admitted that the
Headship of the Education Department in Hong Kong
should be open to professional Educational men.
But whether or not Mr. Mayhew is right in declaring
that Hong Kong leads the Colonial Empire in being
the most self-satisfied of all Colonies in all
educational matters with the possible exception of
Malaya we should consider carefully whether the
arrangement”
right remedy is to substitute an pousadite of "very grave
risk, as the Governor is convinced it will mean, if
"in these times of ferment amongst the Chinese anyone
is appointed who is not thoroughly familiar with the
Chinese language and Chinese modes of thought.
I think Mr. Mayhew's suggestion for a
visit of inspection by such an authority as Mr. Mann
is one which offers a good prospect of securing for
the Secretary of State the best advice on a question
which does not admit of treatment by slogans or
prejudices in favour of the political or educational
branches of the Service. And it seems to me to be in
the present case a more satisfactory method of
procedure if the Governor will fall in with it, than, for instance,
to create special appointment
demise of the Treasurer,
?
as was done in the case of the Headship
when that post was taken out of the Treasury in Hong Kong, auqueial depoind of the Cadet Sıvice, and
COLANY [for the purpose of accommodating an
officer with Treasury e xperience from another Colony with the reversion to him of the Treasurership in
who creatiÁ
in
which
prospect a few months later, is new appt of Deputy Trensunr
which the Treasuñy-designnte could acquire some I suggest therefore that we should propose
to the Governor that an educational expert with
suitable experience of educational problems at home
and
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