TNAG-0305-FCO40-341-Use-of-Chinese-as-official-language-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 66

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(i) 2 letters dated 30 August and 9 October respectively,

addressed to Mr Royle by the Chairman, Language Action

Committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Students,

(ii) a letter dated 29 September addressed to Mr Royle by

the President Elect, National Union of Students,

London.

All three letters are concerned with the use of Chinese as an

official language in Hong Kong.

2. The two letters from the Language Action Committee of the

Hong Kong Federation of Students are a follow-up to an earlier

letter which they addressed to Mr Royle on 22 July and to which

we replied on 29 July.

3.

The Chinese Language Committee was set up by the Governor

in October 1970 to consider ways and means of extending the use

of Chinese in the interests of good administration and for the

convenience of the public. The Committee has now concluded

its deliberations with the submission in July of its fourth and

final report.

4. In their two latest letters the Language Action Committee

of the Hong Kong Federation of Students are seeking Mr Royle's

views specifically on their request that legislation be enacted

to provide that both English and Chinese are made "official

languages of Hong Kong, equal in status, with the usage of the

Chinese language defined in specific areas".

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