TNAG-0305-FCO40-341-Use-of-Chinese-as-official-language-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 154

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Registry

No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

DRAFT

LETTER

To:-

Type 1 +

From

PS to Mr Royle

Telephone No. & Ext.

..In Confidence

Chairman

Chinese Language Action

Committee,

Hong Kong Federation of Students,

2 Waterloo Road

Kowloon

HONG KONG

Department

A

I am replying to your letter of 22 July addressed to

Mr Royle on the subject of the recognition of Chinese

as an official language in Hong Kong.

Mr Royle has asked me to thank you for your letter which

he regards as a thoughtful contribution to the

deliberations on this matter. He notes that the views

of your Committee have already been conveyed to the

Chinese Language Committee in Hong Kong whose fourth and

Therefore

final report is now awaited.

feels that at the presen

(in the circumstances he

not

does not consider that it would be appropriate for him

to express any opinion on the matters raised in your

letter.

1

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