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COMMUNIST SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG
Problem:
1.
A decision is required on what steps should
be taken by the Governor of Hong Kong should the
need arise for action to quieten public
apprehension now building up over the
expansionist programme being developed for
communist schools in the Colony.
Recommendation:
2.
It is recommended that the Governor be
authorised to proceed in accordance with the
terms of the attached telegram.
Background:
3.
Communist schools have existed in Hong
Kong since soon after World War II. Until
recently these schools (which are required to
comply with the provisions of the Education
Ordinance) operated in an unexceptionable
manner; they provided some education, and
political indoctrination did not go beyond the
point allowed in a tolerant society.
Until
very recently the total number of such schools
was twenty and their aggregate enrolment
amounted to some 1.9 per cent of the entire
school population of the Colony.
Since the
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