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Mr. Sloss said that in 1939-40 he had interviews with the Generalissimo whose attitude was remarkably friedly, and who summed up several talks by saying: "Our peoples have achieved friendly relations during this past century and more, but those relations have been based in the main on the haggling of merchants. Is it not time for us to try to establish friendly relations based on regard each for the other's culture and civilization?" Mr. Sloss went on to say that he found precisely the same point of view in his dealings with other Chinese and his impression was that it was held by a considerable section of the younger official class in the Gentral Government in China, which was now, according to his information, disposed to turn rather towards us and away from the perhaps excessive domination of American thought and influence.
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Sir George Moss said that 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 mainland. thought from that, that the initial problem was political and that diplomacy must clear the ground before financial or technical questions could be intelligently posed. co-operation of China was essential and Sir George thought the Committee should recommend that steps be taken to sound the Chinese Government for its views as soon as possible and promises of good-will obtained from other neighbouring territories.
The
25:17 Dr. Channon said that Mr. Sloss had made a very important statement when he said that the University of Hong Kong had in effect become a university for Overseas Chinese. If Hong Kong were drawing Chinese students from overseas in a positive sense like a magnet, that would be a profound argument. On the other hand, he would like to raise the question whether the number of students going to Hong Kong from overseas was not (rather the result of dffirming abroad clashes oversess than the positive quality of Hong Kong.
He had in mind Malaya. A very large number of medical students went to Hong Kong from Malaya. Before the war there were as many students from Malaya admitted to Hong Kong University as to the Medical School at Singapore. reasons for this he thought were that the cost of education in Hong Kong was very much lower than in Singapore; entries to the Medical School in Singapore were restricted and thirdly that in Hong Kong students got a degree while in Malaya they only got a diploma. He would like to put his view before the Committee that he thought it of profound importance that there should be a University of Malay within
the shortest possible time. In Malaya you had another Hong Kong in Singapore, with a similar background, and behind a country about the size of England and Wales with a population of about five milion people, The educational material was available for rapid university development as he saw it. While in the fullest sympathy with the wider aim of a University of Hong Kong, he felt it was even more important that a British territory of five million people in Malaya should not be without a university because Hong Kong was drawing students from it.
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Dr. Venn asked whether the number of applicants for admission to Hong Kong University in pre-war days exceeded the number of vacancies.
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Mr. Sloss confirmed that this was so.
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Mrs. Foster asked Mr. Sloss what proportion of
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