CO129-586-3 Grant of subsidies to vernacular schools 4-6-1940 - 7-8-1941 — Page 4

under the Grant Code for a Provident Fund, and I wish that it had been possible to make similar provision under the Subsidy Code clso.

I do not think we can take up the point that tuition fees are part of the Hong Kong system, even in the primary stage, though this i. a subject on which the .C.E.C. may presently take up a definite stand on principle.

The Government might be congratulated on bringing negotiations to a successful conclusion.

Curln Cox

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