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SUBMISSION

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Mr Wilford Mr Logan

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Mr Laind

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CHINESE LANGUAGE ISSUE IN HONG KONG

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25.10.71.

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Replies are required to:

dated 30 August and 9 Octiber respectivas,

(i) 2 letters/addressed to Mr Royle by the

Chairman, Language Action Committee of the

Hong Kong Federation of Students,

dated 29 September

(ii) a letter/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. My submission of 27 July refers.

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

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