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18.
A University on the lines proposed would be concrete proof
of British friendship with China. There are reliable
indications that the Chinese Government would welcome a
University in Hong Kong on this broader basis. During the
Military Administration General Chiɛng Koi Shek personally
expressed to the Commander in Chief his interest in its
re-establishment.
19. The future prosperity and welfare of the British community
in China and the neighbouring territories will be largely
affected by the attitude and outlook of the Chinese educated
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University to make an effective contribution to the trained men
who will be needed and through them to spread British influence
and appreciation of the British way of political thought.
21. The University could effectively supplement the work of
the British Council in Chins. Indeed the senior representative
of the Council there has stated that "it is probably true to
say th t Hong Kong University is potentially the largest single
cultural contribution to Chinese reconstruction which Great
Britain is capable of making".
22. In recent months there has been an insistent demand for
some clarification of our intention to retain Hong Kong. Acts speak more loudly than words and a decision to re-open Hong Kong University on the broader basis proposed would in itself have a very reassuring effect both on the business community and the inhabitants of Hong Kong.
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