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Mr. Burkey
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Dr. Chung
Dr. Chung is now to call on Lord Shepherd at 12.30 p.m. tomorrow. I append a short note of the points he raised with ir Arthur Galsworthy and myself today, since he is likely to
revert to at least some of them.
Technical Education
2.
Dr. Chung oomplained that there were no plans for expanding technical education at the technical college level, 1.0. immediately below university standard. He said there were ten applicants for every vacancy at the existing technical college. lle hoped that the FCO would do something to stimulate
the expansion of these facilities which were vital for Hong Kong's future success as an exporter of manufactured goods. Sir Arthur Galsworthy said that he believed that plans for the expansion of technical training did exist and had been discussed
in Executive Council. He knew that the Governor attached
importance to this and had particularly stressed the value of "ong Kong providing a regional centre for training of this nature. The difficulty was one of finance. It had been suggested that the ODM might provide a proportion of the capital cost if Hong Kong would bear the current expenditure, but nothing had yet been agreed. Dr. Chung's proper course was to press his views locally.
Hours of Work
3.
Dr. Chung said that in certain industries with a high technological content it was necessary to work a three shift twenty-four hour day in order to be competitive.
There were, however, di ficulties in the form of ILO conventions, especially as regards one and youn: persons. Sir Arthur Galsworthy streamed the political pressures in this country mal the critical approach adopted towards anything which could be
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