mainland.
to take bir Andrez-Galderstthe letter at No. 7. —In
Sir Andrew's experienee Hong Kong was far too small a
territory to absorb the output of a University and China
in her modern nationalistic mood gave preference to the alumni of her own universities in making Governmental, professional, technical and business appointments on the
He Sir George thought from that, that it might be said that the initial problem was political and that diplomacy must clear the ground before financial or technical questions could be intelligently posed. He thought that Before a university could be assured as to its future it should first be adequately financed, and that it should be assured of adequate feeding schools and of its output being readily and usefully absorbed. Hong Kong must look for its candidates and the candidates for their post-war careers to outlying territories outside Hong Kong - China, Malaya, the Philippines, India, perhaps & Japan If Hong Kong University was to diffuse-British standarde in the Far East, Sir George thought good will should be negotiated and ensured by firm appointments. They must be properly negotiate and we must be prepared to give the authorities of these territories with whom we negotiated something tangible in return, even, possibly, a share in the university, and before this could be intelligently envisaged, we should obtain from more than promises of good-will, from the
using Territories.
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essential and Sir George thought a should recommend al steps to be taken to sound the Chinese Government for its views as soon as possible, and he held that *f the Committee could concentrate on crystallizing their views on that subject, because although speed was essential, they must not be hasty to build on sand. tendency to turn to us but it must not be forgotten that Hong Kong was of intense interest to many itions
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