CO129-593-2 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45. Includes 32 photographs depicting-... 10-1-1945 - 20-1-1946 — Page 106

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They were not satisfied that the University was playing an adequate part in the life of China, and that for these reasons:-

The Chinese were looking for their graduates to fit into their own universities, and were naturally expecting big things from the latest, the Sun Yat Sen University at Canton, which being so close to H.K. saw its still uncompleted building, which made quite an impressive seam too sure whether its graduates could expect suitable jobs in China or not & there had been no satisfactory decision on what kind of Chinese ought to be taught at H.K. University - classical Chinese, the local form of the language (i.e. Cantonese), or the more or less standard form of Chinese (i.e. what they called it was a lingua franca taught in China). Students at H.K. Univ. had to spend a lot of time following lectures in English, and sometimes were so ill-prepared that their understanding of spoken English was a strenuous effort.

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102 They were not satisfied that the University was playing an adequate part in the life of China, and that for these reasons:- The Chinese were looking for their graduates to fit into their own universities, and were naturally expecting big things from the latest, the Sun Yat Sen University at Canton, which being so close to H.K. saw its still uncompleted building, which made quite an impressive seam too sure whether its graduates could expect suitable jobs in China or not & there had been no satisfactory decision on what kind of Chinese ought to be taught at H.K. University - classical Chinese, the local form of the language (i.e. Cantonese), or the more or less standard form of Chinese (i.e. what they called it was a lingua franca taught in China). Students at H.K. Univ. had to spend a lot of time following lectures in English, and sometimes were so ill-prepared that their understanding of spoken English was a strenuous effort.

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102

jusky

were not satisfied that the University was playing adequate part in the wife of China, a that for these

C the Chinese were

reasons :-

Coking for their graduates

own universities, a were

write naturally

tune a une to their

expecting big thing from the

latest, the Sun Yat Sen University at Canton,

which

as Listances

in China is lose to H. K. 1

saw its still uncompleted building, which make quite

impressiv seam too sure whether its graduates could expect suitable jobs in Chin

is Chirin or not & there had bee (I kick) to satisfactory decision and th bear what kind of Chinese ought to be taught at H. K.

Univi si 15

cussical Chuese, the local form,

of the language (1.c. Cantonese), or the more or less

for of

how fore

Chinese (ie forgotter what they clled i was denial of the alles designed to be a afiken linger france traughat China & students at H.K. Univ: had 20, to the spent to follas lectures in English, a sometimes were so ill-filled + ho so, in spike 1. H. K. schools having by: as there nadium of instruction, that their first year

be mail

in stremmo offorty tong

effort pe

standing of spoken English more their under.

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