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hardly adequate, certainly nothing like as good as

that of Mr. Cuttle, particularly on the secondary

school side. I gathered that one of his reasons

for giving up work in Malaya was that he was not

satisfied with the kind of experience that he was

getting in the rather backward areɛ of which he had

charge as Inspector.

8.

After further consideration, I recommend

that the post should be offered, on secondment for

three years, to Mr. Cuttle. This is consistent

with the view that I have maintained since the post

was created, that experience of educational adminis-

tration and development in this country, and parti-

cularly in urban areas, was the most important

qualification for the post. I realise that Sir

Andrew Caldecott has also consistently maintained

the value of experience in other Colonies. This

perhaps accounts for the difference of opinion which seemed

to emerge at the end of the interviews. Sir Andrew

Caldecott no doubt will have had time to consider

further the actual value of Malayan experience for

Hong Kong work.

9.

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Mr. Gent and I understood that both

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Mr. Cuttle and Mr. Nicol were in his opinion better

qualified for the post than Mr. Sollis, of the

Malayan Service, who has been considered for it, or

Mr. de Rome.

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