CO129-576-5 Hong Kong University 13-6-1939 - 23-11-1939 — Page 99

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part of the Ministry to increase control over

the provincial and the mission Universities,

Dr. Sloss does not in any way despair of getting

the co-operation of the Ministry of Education,

particularly if the Education Department of the

University of Hong Kong is strengthened and good

sound provision made for the training of teachers

of English and History. There is a great need

for such teachers in South China.

9 Dr. Sloss has read the report of the

Malayan Higher Education Commission, and does not

think that it has any bearing on the proposals for

the development of Hong Kong. If the carrying

out of the Commission's proposals involves consi-

derable reduction in the number of Chinese students

from Malaya at Hong Kong the University can well

afford to lose them if, as a result of the Hong

Kong proposals, there is an increase in the number

of students from China. Hong Kong obviously has

no obligations in relation to Malaya, and the

Malayan students present some difficulty since

their standard of living and income are considerably

in excess of those of Hong Kong and China students.

Dr. Sloss emphasised the very friendly and

intelligent attitude of the Hong Kong commercial

circles towards the University. He said also that

he had had a talk with a representative of the Blue

Funnel Line since his arrival in England, and that

great interest had been shown during that talk in

the possibilities of the University developing

courses

certain kinds of engineering, for which the firm was

conscious of a real local need.

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