CO129-567-12 Hong Kong University 24-1-1938 - 24-1-1938 — Page 2

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2. note of talk with Sis W. Hornell

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24.1.38 Sloss to ms Brander

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See 3 on /377

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Mr. Mayhew's minute of 10/7 on /37 file.

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See 22 on /37

See 22 on /37

Its. Lessional Paper &

9.2.38

18·1.88

When the Report of the University Committee

was made last year, it aroused very strong opposition

locally, and it was felt here that it would be

essential to have its finds and the whole question

of University policy, reviewed by an outside expert

from this country.

The Secretary of State suggested, shortly

after it was published, that investigation by an

outside expert was essential, but this course was

opposed by the Colonial Government, and the O.A.G.

stated that if the Report were sidetracked, he feared

the result would be the resignation of most of the

European unofficial members of the Court and Council

of the University, and possibly those of the

Chinese members.

The correspondence on this file on the whole

supports the Report of the Committee as against the

view taken of it here. Mr. Sloss's letter at (1)

states that the Report was not so much wrong in

substance as hasty in expression, and states that

an expert Committee from England would inevitably

produce an even more damnatory report. Sir William

Hornell's letter at 3 gives strong support to the

views expressed by the 0.A.G. at the time, and

supports the view taken locally that there is no

necessity at the moment for the appointment of an

expert