CO129-558-1 Education Department- staffing and re-organisation 22-4-1936 - 7-4-1937 — Page 33

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Sir C. Parkinson.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

FURTHER ACTION.

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appoint

experis and

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cim cular education.

wer onore, although)

Although Secondary Schools in Malaya

have many Chinese problems, the differ

Sietly from Hong Kong Secondary diffe essentially by

by reason Schools 11 $hat Chinese language and

culture play in their

In that reasoning (it might be preferable

curriculum. My advisers consider that

It the present vacancy

Hone Kon requiremente call for a man

h roved

with profound and recent experience of

educational administration and policy in

an English Borough or Municipality and

with an open and receptive mind which

•

would enable him quickly to appreciate

are also of the opinion that if it Should be finally

Whey

local conditions.

the

showed be filled)

decided that an appointment from home

would be preferable, it may be necessary

to offer the maximum salary of the scale

and also possibly to inform candidates

that the practice of filling the

officer of the

Directorship of Education by a fadet will

Semu

not necessarily be continued indefinitely

and that, while no promise can,

be