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6. It is impossible to take seriously Mr. Jackson- Lipkin's accusation that no Director of Edugation had ever visited a "roof-top school" simply because, presumably, he was told at the one such school he visited himself that the Director had not been there. It is likely that he was given the answer the school authorities thought he wanted. With regard to the relation between the number of primary and secondary school places, I see that an analysis of the progression for 1966 (the latest figures available at this stage) of the percentage passing from primary schools to school certificate courses was:
Government and Aided Schools 15.6%
Assisted places in Private
Private Schools
Schools
2.5%
50.3%
68.4%
The total percentage progressing from primary schools to Modern, Technical, and Special Courses, not leading to a school certificate, was higher, 73.6%.
7.
Terms of Service and Administration.
I do not think it is worth commenting on these hardy annual complaints against Colonial service. They arise of coufae from the different conditions which must apply/to expatriates and indigenous staff and from the establishment difficulties caused by periods of home leave for expatriates.
8.
Agriculture.
Farming subsidies are not paid in the Colony, but there are excellent arrangements for agricultural credit, financial assistance being rendered to farmers from a number of credit funds administered by the department, the Government accepting responsibility of bearing such costs in addition to supplementing these funds as necessary. Work on improved breeding strains of live-stock is concentrated on pigs and poultry rather than cattle. There is very limited grazing for cattle, and those in the Colony are reared and maintained principally for draft purposes.
But there
is a herd of dairy Fresian cattle which has to be maintained in specialised conditions by the Government.
25 November 1968
(H. H. Stewart) Hong Kong Department
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