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F. P. Dunnill, Esq.,
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We had some exchanges with your department
last year, by way of minutes on my department's
Papers, about establishing a new technical
institute in Hong Kong. The idea was to find a
For my signatar project that would be symbolic of our goodwill
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and support for Hong Kong in its ordeal of
confrontation with the communists. We had in
mind a jointly-financed project, with Hong Kong
responsible for recurrent expenditure and the
capital cost found wholly or partly from some
outside source. Colombo Plan funds were
suggested as a possibility, a proportion of the
places at the institution being set aside for the
training of nationals from Colombo Plan countries
But our conclusion was that the Plan's funds
could not be used for this purpose. And, since Mavor the availability of
other funds were not available from our own
was doubtful
resources, the idea was not pursued.
Meanwhile there has developed a growing
awareness in Hong Kong of the need, at this stage
in the development of the economy, for an
institution catering for higher technical or
vocational training a polytechnic. The
Minister of State (Lord Shepherd) had discussions
on the subject when he visited Hong Kong in
October last year. These confirmed his own view.
that this was a field of education which Hong
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Kong could no longer afford to neglect.
the Governor's recent visit to London it was
agreed that we should explore the possibilities
of C.D. & W. assistance towards a project of this nature.
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