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liplomatic reasons, by justified. Finally, the plan should sug¿est

the ways i w ich the social changes should be linked up with an

advance tow rds self-government and the developkent of political

education.

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Special emphasis should be placed in the plan

ue tion of education and technic:l and cultural relations

with China, Hong Kong University has had a respectable reputation

in the past and can claim the distinction of numbering Dr. Sun

Yat Sen omonget its pupils. But it could not be described as

first-class University and since its buildings were largely destroyed

by the Japanese, there is now @ unique chance to re-establish it

on a grend scale. There financial assistance would be required, but

the cost of one battleship might bring returns in the forum of

diplomatic prestige far greater than a mere addition to nuval-strength.

Britain's Universities are so crowded that few Chinese stadents can

go to them and many cannot afford to live in berica. A University

In Hong Kong, with first-class facilities in both the humanities and

in technical educ tion, would become great power id China. To

teach in it for a period of a few years might well be rogarded as

pleasure and a privilege for the best of Britain's younger scholars.

Hong Kong is a delightful place to live in and could give to those

who taught there an invaluable insight into the problems and outlook

of the For Køst. The technical schools could be linked up with a

government sponsored development of factories in Kowloon which could,

initially, take the form of a trading estate like those which have

been successfuly tried out in the Special reas in Britain.

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Cultured relati ns generally are equally important

Despite its wealth and ita palatial hotels, Hong Kong has no the stre

(other than that equipped by EBSA) concert hall, museum, art gallery,

or public library. The broadcasts from its radio transmitter can be

heard only within range of 30 miles. What an invaluable op ortunity

for making known, throughout Chins, the British point of view, is being

thrown away. official propagands about Britain's war effort and her

struggle for a new deal for all classes at home is practically non-

existent. Inst ad, in Họng Kɔng, the old snobbery is creeping back