CO129-582-14 Lingnan University- application for land for erection of a middle school 28-7-1939 - 8-9-1939 — Page 7

No. 513.

14 AUG 1939

52012/39

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

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28th July, 1939.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that an

application has been received from the Provost of Lingnan

University, Canton, for an area of approximately sixteen acres

of land in the Northern District, New Territories, to be

sold to the University by private treaty at reduced terms,

for the erection of a middle school, and to recommend for

your approval the grant of the land for the reasons and

on the conditions set out below.

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2.

Since the Japanese occupation of Canton the

Lingnan University Middle School has been in temporary

quarters at another place in the New Territories: the

University authorities now wish to erect a permanent

school of this type. The boys at this school are mostly

from Hong Kong and I consider that its establishment on

the site chosen is desirable both from the educational

point of view and also from that of the development of

the New Territories, since the school's curriculum contains

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a considerable amount of agricultural work.

3.

I enclose a copy of the special conditions on

which it is proposed to grant this land. The sale would

be by private treaty, the premium recommended is $14,044,

which

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.