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out as soon as possible, if that Department is to

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perform satisfactorily the training of teachers

for secondary schools and a post-graduate diploma

course

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as already recommended by the Committee on

the Training of Teachers, whose report was recently

endorsed by the Advisory Committee on Education in

the Colonies. The local needs of Hong Kong demand

these improvements, without any reference to the

possibility of their attracting students from

China. I feel sure that the Advisory Education

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Committee agree on this point, and I think we ought

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to mention it in our talks with Dr. Sloss.

It is possible that the Medical Adviser may

have the same impression regarding some of the pro-

posals for the ultimate development of medical

studies. No doubt he will have an opportunity of

commenting on the Report.

Secondly, the figures relating to nationality

of students in Appendix 3 are most interesting and

significant. It will be seen that the number of Chin

students from Malaya was higher in 1938 than it had

ever been before, and that the number (115) is not

far short of the number of Chinese students brought

up in Hong Kong. On the other hand the number of

students who come from China after completion of

the secondary school course in China is very small.

The average number of such students during the last

three years has been only 35, and it never seems to

have exceeded 50 in any year. In Chapter 3 of the

Report the Committee admits the failure up to date

to fulfill the function of providing British Uni-

versity education for students from China. As one