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you report will go a long way towards drawing

the teeth of Communist criticism.

I am

particularly pleased to see the progress which

has been made in the educational field and to

note that by 1971 there will be primary school

places for all in Government or Government-aided

schools.

but

is a major achievement, the

the secondary

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Now

same objective must be pursued at higher levels

of education, never forgetting, however, the

importance of ensuring that jobs are available

for people when they finally leave school.

This is perhaps the most challenging aspect of

all to the resolution of which I know that you

teo attach high importance.

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(various]

& 3. I know that you have under study means by

padrapate to a which the people of Hong Kong may be permitted

greater extent in the machnery of government to exercise a greater sense of participation in

the governing of the Colony] without, of course,

giving the Chinese Government any excuse to

claim that we are altering the status of

is bemy altered

Seema

Hong Kong I look forward to hearing in due

are now formulating course of the proposals you have to make in the

light of the studies which have, I know,

been undertaken.

In this connection I am also

greatly encouraged by the immediate success of

the City District Officer Scheme launched last

year. This should be of much assistance to

your Government in identifying at an early stage

the situations and problems that can so quickly

arouse public feeling in heavily populated urban

areas, as well as providing a channel for

sounding public opinion on Government measures

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