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special advisory position in all matters

affecting policy in Chinese vernacular

education; but in the administration of

any approved policy the Director, if an officer

of wide professional experience, might

reasonably be expected to obtain the desired

results without running the grave risks to

which you allude in your despatch under

reference.

7. It seems to me particularly

important at this time of change and

development in China that the sincerity of

the British Government in its desire for

educational progress should be demonstrated, as

far as may be practicable, by the provision

of an educational system in Hong Kong which

will bear comparison with any within the reach

of Chinese elsewhere. This must necessarily

mean that the Director of Education in the

Colony

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