CO129-576-5 Hong Kong University 13-6-1939 - 23-11-1939 — Page 6

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I attach a note summarising the main

recommendations of the Committee's report, of the

Council's deliberations thereon, and of the

Governor's observations: and a second note briefly

outlining the financial implications of the

Committee's proposals.

The additional recurring expenditure involved

would be considerable, even were help forthcoming

from outside sources. Moreover, it is extremely

difficult to judge whether such expenditure would

be justified. Opinion in Hong Kong seems to be

that the present offers a unique opportunity for

cultural cooperation with China: but I think it

is at least permissible to feel some doubt as to

the future possibility of such cooperation,

whichever side wins in China: if the Japanese win,

for very obvious reasons,*if victory falls to the

Chinese, it must inevitably increase that Nationalist

sentiment and political self assurance to which

Mr. Mayhew refers in his minute of 9.6.39 above, and

which the Committee give as one of the reasons why

the University has hitherto failed to attract many

students from the interior. On the other hand,

is the consideration briefly touched upon on page 2

of