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at the moment undetermined and uncertain.
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A decision to replace a local University
by a group of Colleges of lesser status, whi
undoubtedly it would be justified by the
standards and resources of the present
institution when compared with those of
other Universities might well be taken to
be a first sign that Britain, recognisang
that her commitments in this part of the
world are now beyond a strength disinished
by the second World War, and was consequently
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beginning to draw in her horns.
Sir Mark Young, the Governor of Hongkong,
in evidence given before the Committee was
emphatic that both these results were to be
feared. He was sure that the local Chinese
in particular would be outraged at any such
suggestion, and that the effect on China beyond
the borders of the Colony would be deleterious
to British prestige.
On the other hand, it is the duty of a
Committee such as this to take a long view.
Endeavouring to do so, we are unanimously
convincend
Qoncerned that the danger of the British
Commonwealth being represented, and solely
represented, in the immediate flank of China
by an impoverished institution dignified by
the name of University, but in fact producing
graduates of less than average University
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