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(ii) A. Recreational facilities in Britain

B. Education of Chinese children in

Britain in the Chinese language

We consider that these are matters

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policy to establish

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ination in Britain of information

comidered by the Hong Kong

Hong Kong Government, but that here has been a noticeable increase

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amount of material put out by the

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stribution, both in this country

I other countries where there are

intial overseas Chinese communities.

re in mind such publications as the

Kong News Digest, which is now

ibuted free to the Chinese community

is country. It is to be hoped that

tais momentum will be maintained and, if

possible, increased in the future. The

British Information network has been

working in close collaboration with the

Hong Kong Government Information Services

with a view to presenting to the world

a balanced picture of development in

Hong Kong. But in view of the

traditional independence of the Press and

other mass communications media in this

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